The recent verdict (17th August 2017) of Supreme Court of India on Triple Talaq has brought to limelight the issue of rights and status of women in Islam. Some have welcomed the verdict while others had guarded response. So what is the canonical position of Islam on women’s marriage and divorce? How far is she treated on equal footing in marriage rights with her male counterpart? The aim of the present article is to describe the issues in some detail with reference to the primary sources of Islam.