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  Yogi government announces Rs 6,000 annual aid for triple talaq victims

  India | September 25, 2019 16:45 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced an annual support of Rs 6,000 to the victims of triple talaq till their rehabilitation.

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  UP CM Yogi Adityanath meets victims of triple talaq in Lucknow

  News | September 25, 2019 11:51 IST

  Yogi Adityanath meets victims of triple talaq in Lucknow | The Muslim women thanked Yogi Adityanath and PM Modi for enacting a law on triple talaq.

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  Karnataka woman given triple talaq from Dubai over Whatsapp

  India | September 19, 2019 16:20 IST

  The 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 row: Supreme Court issues notice to centre challenging the act

  India | September 13, 2019 12:01 IST

    The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 that criminalises 'triple talaq'. The court order came on a fresh petition filed by the Muslim Advocates Association.

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  Man booked for giving triple talaq in Muzaffarnagar

  India | September 03, 2019 13:11 IST

  A case was registered against Aftab and his five family members under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, SHO of Kotwali police station Anil Kapervan said.  

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  Triple talaq: Muslim women coming out in large numbers to file FIRs in UP

  India | August 27, 2019 11:31 IST

  The maximum number of 26 such cases have been registered in Meerut followed by Saharanpur and Shamli where 17 and 10 FIRs have been lodged respectively, a senior police official told PTI on Tuesday.

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  SC issues notice to Centre over pleas challenging criminalisation of triple talaq

  News | August 23, 2019 14:00 IST

  The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the validity of a newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through triple talaq among Muslims a punishable offence entailing imprisonment of up to three years.

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  Wife refuses to accept chewing gum in Lucknow court, husband gives triple talaq

  India | August 21, 2019 14:17 IST

  The woman was talking to her advocate when her husband offered her a chewing gum which she refused. In a fit of rage, Rashid divorced his wife, uttering 'talaq' three times in the presence of the lawyer.

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  Grandparents set my mother ablaze: Minor narrates ordeal after woman burnt alive over triple talaq

  Crime | August 19, 2019 14:26 IST

  In his complaint, the woman's father, Ramzan Khan has alleged that his son-in-law, Nafees (26), who works in Mumbai, had given triple talaq to his daughter Sayeeda over the phone on August 6.

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  Congress favoured triple talaq to keep its vote bank intact, says Home Minister Amit Shah

  News | August 19, 2019 11:10 IST

  I would like to make it clear that the triple talaq (Bill) is only for the benefit of the Muslim community, not for anything else, says Amit Shah

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  Politics of appeasement was reason for continuance of triple talaq: Amit Shah

  India | August 18, 2019 20:32 IST

  Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday the politics of appeasement, which led to the Partition, was the reason for the continuance of the "evil practice" of triple talaq for so long.

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  'Elder brother protected us from Triple Talaq evil': Elated Muslim women in Varanasi send rakhis to PM Modi

  India | August 11, 2019 11:54 IST

  "Our elder brother protected us from the evil practice of Triple Talaq" - This is the sentiment echoed by Muslim women in Varanasi, who have sent rakhis to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  Odisha woman gets triple talaq over phone just a year post marriage; case registered

  India | August 10, 2019 20:47 IST

  The woman alleged that she was tortured mentally and physically by in-laws for dowry during her stay there. Then she shifted to her father's house and delivered a boy three months back.

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  Now, Triple Talaq case emerges from India's capital. Delhi youth sends fatwah to wife via WhatsApp

  India | August 10, 2019 11:06 IST

  Even as the Parliament gave passage to the Triple Talaq Bill recently, many seem to have not learnt about its provisions. Cases are being reported despite President giving his assent to the legislation aimed at banning the Triple Talaq. This time, a case of Triple Talaq has emerged from New Delhi.

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  UP woman's nose allegedly chopped off over triple talaq

  Crime | August 08, 2019 11:03 IST

  A woman here in Uttar Pradesh has alleged that her nose was chopped off by her in-laws after she refused to withdraw a case of triple talaq. The woman's husband had gave her triple talaq over the phone after which her mother filed a complaint against him, a police official said.

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  UP man working in Kuwait gives triple talaq through WhatsApp

  India | August 08, 2019 10:16 IST

  Days after passing of the triple talaq Bill, a man divorced his wife here through triple talaq on WhatsApp from Kuwait. He works as a labourer in Kuwait. After the wife filed a dowry and harassment case against him and his family, the man divorced his wife, police said on Thursday.

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  Man booked for pronouncing 'triple talaq' on wife over phone from Saudi Arabia

  India | August 03, 2019 20:43 IST

  An FIR under section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act was lodged against the man at Nebua Naurangia police station following a written complaint by the father of the woman.

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  PIL filed in SC challenging triple talaq law

  India | August 02, 2019 22:14 IST

  The public suit has been filed by the Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema, a religious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics in Kerala, which has requested the apex court to strike down the new act as it violate Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution. The petitioner has also sought an interim stay on the recent law that criminalises triple talaq.

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  Another case filed under new Triple Talaq law in Thane

  Crime | August 02, 2019 20:08 IST

  The 31-year-old Jannat Begum Patel has filed a complaint against her husband Imtiyaz Ghulam Patel and his family members for violation of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, said Mumbra Senior Police Inspector Madhukar Kad.

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  Mathura man gives triple talaq to wife over dowry, case registered under newly enacted law

  India | August 02, 2019 10:27 IST

  Mathura Senior Superintendent of Police Shalabh Mathur said a case under the new Triple Talaq Act has been registered on the basis of the complaint by the mother of the victim. It was passed by the Lok Sabha on July 25 despite the opposition's demand for its scrutiny by a Standing Committee.