'Triple talaq' found sinful by God; how can men validate it by law, asks SC

Supreme Court asked if triple talaq was India specific or prevalent in other countries too

The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) on Friday told the Supreme Court that triple talaq was not fundamental to Islamic tenets as the top court wondered how something that was ordained as "sinful" by God can be a part of Muslim personal law.

"Can something found to be sinful by God, be validated by men through law," asked Justice Kurian Joseph who along with Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice S. Abdul Nazeer is on the constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar.

The court's observation came in the course of the hearing