Triple Talaq and Right to Privacy: A tale of two Supreme Court verdicts

While Opposition was quick to welcome privacy judgment, there was palpable silence in BJP circles

If on Tuesday the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership was jubilant at the Supreme Court verdict that quashed instant ‘Triple Talaq’ as unconstitutional, on Thursday it struggled to hide its disappointment at the apex court’s unanimous judgement that declared the Right to Privacy a fundamental right.

If on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and other senior ministers and party leaders were quick to tweet the landmark nature of the SC’s Triple Talaq judgement, there was on Thursday complete radio silence both from the Modi government as well as from the BJP’s national headquarters at 11, Ashoka