In a major development, President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Triple Talaq Bill. Amid protests by the Opposition, the bill, that aimed to ban the practice of triple talaq was passed by the Rajya Sabha two days ago. The bill will be deemed to have come into force from September 19, 2018. A number of opposition lawmakers even skipped the vote.
Talking about the rights of an individual and customs of the society, Jaitley, who himself is a lawyer, said it is long overdue that the courts re-examine whether the rights of a citizen being deprived on the grounds of personal law violate the constitutional guarantees.
Women will be the ultimate sufferers of the triple talaq legislation as they will be damaging their homes and causing harm to their husbands, Asma Zehra, the Chief Organiser of the women's wing of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said on Wednesday.
It was a historic day in Parliament, when the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill by 84 votes to 99. The enactment of this law will pave way for gender justice to Muslim women who had been suffering from the social practice of instant oral divorce over centuries.
Triple Talaq bill has been passed in Rajya Sabha. Now is the time for political reactions. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah are engaged in a Twitter war.
The triple talaq bill criminalising instant divorce in the Muslim community was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, with the government mustering numbers for its smooth sailing in the Upper House where it still lacks majority support. The contentious bill was passed with 99 members voting in favour and 84 against it. It was passed by the Lok Sabha last week.
PM Narendra Modi, along with Union Minister Amit Shah wholeheartedly welcomed passage of Triple Talaq bill in Rajya Sabha. Both leaders along with others, expressed their joy on Twitter.
Rajya Sabha has passed Triple Talaq Bill. Socially, the issue has been a topic of discussion for many years. But things gathered pace on political in recent years. The bill that has potential to provide justice to lakhs of Muslim women has now been passed by Rajya Sabha as well as Lok Sabha.
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 had already been passed by the Lok Sabha by a voice vote amidst a walkout by Congress, Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress, DMK and others. The bill was passed by the 16th Lok Sabha but could not pass the Rajya Sabha hurdle.
The central government has provided Rs 1,500 crore to Tripura state for implementing 7th Pay Commission report recommendations for the state's government employees, confirmed Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb. "The state government would provide all the financial benefit to the employees and the government would also extract full works from the employees," the chief minister said.
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