Triple Talaq Bill 2019
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Centre files affidavit in Supreme Court, defends criminalising instant triple talaq law
India | Aug 19, 2024, 03:18 PM ISTIn the affidavit, the Central government said that the 2019 Act helps in ensuring the larger constitutional goals of gender justice and gender equality of married Muslim women and helps subserve their fundamental rights of non-discrimination and empowerment.
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Karnataka woman given triple talaq from Dubai over Whatsapp
India | Sep 19, 2019, 04:20 PM ISTThe couple had been married for about 20 years, and the woman's husband had left for Sharjah-Dubai in January but did not come back, police said quoting the woman's complaint.
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Triple Talaq: SC issues notice to Centre on plea against new law; agrees to examine validity
India | Aug 23, 2019, 11:33 AM ISTA bench of justices N V Ramana and Ajay Rastogi issued notice the Centre on a batch of petitions which has sought to declare The Muslim Women Act 2019 as "unconstitutional" on grounds that it allegedly violates the provisions of the Constitution.
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Opposition to Triple Talaq bill exposes liberals, Congress; fundamentalist vote bank its priority: Jaitley
National | Aug 01, 2019, 07:36 AM ISTTalking 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.
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Triple talaq bill passed: PM Narendra Modi salutes courage of Muslim women
India | Jul 30, 2019, 09:36 PM ISTPM 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.
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Explained: What makes Triple Talaq Bill so contentious
Fyi | Jul 25, 2019, 05:01 PM ISTThe Triple Talaq Bill seeks to make instant triple talaq a criminal offence punishable with three years in jail. The bill, often described as "contentious", is aimed at Muslim men who divorce their wives by pronouncing "talaq" thrice in one go.
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Man in UP's Barabanki gives triple talaq to wife over cleaning teeth with tobacco
India | Jul 25, 2019, 08:26 AM ISTA woman from Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki claimed that her husband gave her triple talaq over her habit of cleaning her teeth with tobacco. The incident came to light after the woman registered a complaint in this regard at Masauli police station.
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Union Law & Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad introduces Triple Talaq Bill 2019 in Lok Sabha
News | Jun 21, 2019, 01:36 PM ISTUnion Law & Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad introduces Triple Talaq Bill 2019 in Lok Sabha