A country thats already got its own Plastic Waste problem. Im melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start in india where parliament has outlawed socalled instant divorce practiced by some muslims it will now become a criminal offense punishable by up to 3 years in prison the controversial practice allows a muslim man to end his marriage simply by saying the arabic word to lock which means divorce 3 times to his wife its been a lightning rod issue in india for some time the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in 2017 and asked lawmakers to act against it however the bill was blocked by the opposition in the upper house of parliament for more than a year this time a split in opposition ranks helped Prime Minister Narendra Modis government push through the bill heres more from correspondent in delhi and we should as well. Primus some of the ins more of these b. G. P. And some with slim womens groups have applauded the criminalized reaction of instant divorce