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In Shayara Bano v. Union of India (2017), the Supreme Court declared instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) unconstitutional as violating Article ______ (right to equality).
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Answer: 14
Shayara Bano (Triple Talaq case, 2017): 3:2 majority held instant triple talaq unconstitutional: (a) Violates Article 14 (arbitrary, manifestly unreasonable), (b) Not essential practice of Islam protected under Article 25, (c) Constitutional Morality (gender equality, dignity) overrides discriminatory religious custom, (d) Parliament later enacted Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 criminalizing instant triple talaq. Landmark gender justice judgment; illustrates tension between religious freedom and gender equality; constitutional values prevail over discriminatory practices.