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President gives assent to triple talaq billThe bill, which prescribes up to three years imprisonment for Muslim men giving instant triple talaq to their wives, was passed by Parliame...
Bills on 10 ordinances lined up for house session starting June 17The list includes the contentious triple talaq bill, and amendment bills on Jammu and Kashmir reservation, Aadhaar laws, Companies Act and ...
Lok Sabha passes Triple Talaq Bill after over four hours of debateThe Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 17 to replace an ordinance issued in September.
Fresh bill introduced to make triple talaq penal offenceCiting details of instant triple talaq cases, the government had last week informed the Lok Sabha that till now 430 incidents of triple tal...
Government to move Ordinance for new law on triple talaq, 3-year jail term for guiltyAs per the new legislation, a sentence of three years can be awarded to those who indulge in instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat).
Eyes on vote banks keep instant talaq pot boilingJust as Congress stand in the Shah Bano case was made with an eye on minority votes, its stance on instant talaq is aimed at keeping intact...
Government mulls ordinance on triple talaqThe All India Muslim Personal Law Board and various women's groups too are ranged against the bill. The women's groups are particularly opp...
Instant Triple Talaq Bill: Little probability of Congress & BJP thrashing out a solutionBy heeding to Congress and Opposition demand, BJP would be ceding some of the credit for the bill to them, a scenario not acceptable to the...
Instant Talaq Bill may head to Rajya Sabha PanelVice-President M Venkaiah Naidu has ruled that the amendments moved by Anand Sharma (Congress) and Sukhendu Shekhar Roy (TMC) that seek to ...
Instant talaq bill listed for today in Rajya Sabha; Congress keeps government guessingAs per the Rajya Sabha’s list of business, the instant talaq Bill should be taken up by the House on Tuesday.
'All legal routes open for instant talaq victims, Bill ensures Muslim women's rights'The bill makes grant of instant talaq a cognisable and a non-bailable offence. Any Muslim woman subjected to instant talaq can approach a C...
Triple talaq bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha tomorrowThe Bill has already been passed in the Lok Sabha but is expected stalled in the Upper House of the Parliament, where the govt lacks a majo...
Lok Sabha passes Triple Talaq bill by voice voteThe Bill which makes instant triple talaq illegal and void and awarding a jail term of up to three years to the husband was introduced in t...
Government introduces triple talaq bill in Lok SabhaThe draft bill says, "any pronouncement of talaq by a person upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in ...
Triple talaq bill to be introduced in Parliament todayThe bill, prepared by an inter-ministerial group, makes instant triple talaq-- spoken, in writing or by electronic means -- "illegal and vo...
Muslim bodies not consulted on triple talaq bill: GovernmentLaw Minister Ravi Shankar said the government believed that the proposed bill would help ensure gender justice, gender equality and dignity...
Union Cabinet clears Bill on instant triple talaqThe government is expecting to get the Bill passed in the ongoing winter session of the Parliament which commenced today.
Congress may oppose triple talaq bill if it violates Supreme Court verdictCongress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the party would support the bill criminalising instant triple talaq if it was within the Suprem...
Eight states lend support to law against instant talaqThe Supreme Court had declared the age-old Islamic practice as arbitrary and unconstitutional in August, but reports of instant triple tala...
Govt proposes three-year jail term for instant Talaq, Bill may be introduced in winter sessionThe Muslim Women Protection of Rights in Marriage Act is meant to ensure Muslim men do not indulge in instant triple talaq, declared illega...