Modi government will introduce a fresh bill to ban the practice of instant triple talaq in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, will replace an ordinance issued in February by the previous BJP-led NDA government.
The previous bill lapsed with the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha last month.
The Bill, which proposes to make the practice of instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) a penal offence, had faced objections from the opposition parties which claimed that jail term for a man for divorcing his wife was legally untenable.
Under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2019, divorcing through instant triple talaq is illegal, void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.
The government has included certain safeguards in it such as adding a provision for bail for the accused during trial so that the proposed law could not be misused.
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Government include safeguards
Seeking to allay fears that the proposed law could be misused, the government has included certain safeguards in it such as adding a provision for bail for the accused during trial, reports news agency PTI.
Govt had promulgated the ordinance on triple talaq twice
The government had promulgated the ordinance on triple talaq twice- in September 2018 and in February 2019 – as the contentious bill remained pending in the Rajya Sabha, though it was passed by the Lok Sabha.
President Kovind on Triple Talaq
President Kovind says,“To secure equal rights for every sister and daughter in the country, eradication of social evils like ‘Triple Talaq’ and ‘Nikah-Halala’ is imperative. I would urge all the members to cooperate in these efforts to make the lives of our sisters and daughters better and dignified.”
The bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha on Friday
The bill to ban the intstant Triple Talaq will be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The president Ram Nath Kovind in his address to joint sitting of the Parliament on Thursday also stressed on the need to ban the instant Triple Talaq.
Source: HindustanTimes