India has outlawed the Muslim practice of instant divorce, two years after the Supreme Court ruled that it violated constitutional rights of Muslim women.

 

Instant divorce, or "triple talaq," is when a Muslim man ends his marriage by simply saying "talaq" - which means "you are divorced" in Arabic - three times in succession.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that this corrects a historical wrong done to Muslim women and will further equality in society.