# Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on uniform talaq guidelines 2026-10-16T09:06:40+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Supreme Court on Friday (16 October) sought the Centre's response on a plea demanding uniform procedural safeguards and guidelines for all forms of 'talaq' under Muslim personal law, including a challenge to the validity of 'Talaq-e-Hasan'. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi tagged the petition with an existing case filed by a Muslim woman contesting her husband's use of the practice. The petitioner has asked the court to declare 'Talaq-e-Hasan' and all unilateral extra-judicial talaq an evil that must be banned, and to provide retrospective financial and social protection for divorced women and their children. The plea also challenges Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law Application Act, 1937, as unconstitutional to the extent it validates 'Talaq-e-Hasan', and seeks gender-just, religion-neutral divorce procedures. The court struck down instant triple talaq in 2017. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Hindustan Times and The Economic Times report the Supreme Court's notice on a plea against 'Talaq-e-Hasan' without discernible slant, sticking to straight news agency framing. Hindustan Times leads with the bench composition and the petitioner's counsel's submission, while The Economic Times front-loads the demand for uniform safeguards. Neither outlet editorialises or omits key details: the challenge to Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law Act, the relief sought for women, and the tag with an existing petition appear in both. The uniform coverage reflects a matter still at the notice stage, with the court yet to frame hearings. The concrete next step is the Centre's response, which the court has sought. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - hindustantimes.com (neutral report) Straight factual report, no slant - economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Straight factual report, no slant This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Article 14, Article 21, Muslim Personal Law, Supreme Court of India, Surya Kant, Talaq-e-Hasan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-seeks-centres-response-on-uniform-talaq-guidelines/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-seeks-centres-response-on-uniform-talaq-guidelines/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/