A fresh Bill to make the practice of tripe talaq among Muslims a penal
offence was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday Dec 1,2018 to replace an
ordinance issued in September.
Under the proposed law, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.
The fresh bill will supercede an earlier bill passed in the Lok Sabha and pending in the Rajya Sabha.
An earlier bill was approved by the lower house. But amid opposition by some parties in the upper house, the government had cleared some amendments, including introduction of a provision of bail, to make it more palatable.
But as the bill continued to face resistance in the Rajya Sabha, the government issued an ordinance in September, incorporating amendments.
An ordinance has a life of six months. But from the day a session begins, the ordinance has to be replaced by a bill which should be passed by Parliament within 42 days (six weeks), else it lapses.
The government is at liberty to re-promulgate the ordinance if the bill fails to get through Parliament.
Introducing the bill, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said despite the Supreme Court striking down the practice of talaq-e-biddat (instant triple talaq) as unconstitutional, men were divorcing their wives on flimsy grounds and even via Whatsapp.
Under the proposed law, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.
The fresh bill will supercede an earlier bill passed in the Lok Sabha and pending in the Rajya Sabha.
An earlier bill was approved by the lower house. But amid opposition by some parties in the upper house, the government had cleared some amendments, including introduction of a provision of bail, to make it more palatable.
But as the bill continued to face resistance in the Rajya Sabha, the government issued an ordinance in September, incorporating amendments.
An ordinance has a life of six months. But from the day a session begins, the ordinance has to be replaced by a bill which should be passed by Parliament within 42 days (six weeks), else it lapses.
The government is at liberty to re-promulgate the ordinance if the bill fails to get through Parliament.
Introducing the bill, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said despite the Supreme Court striking down the practice of talaq-e-biddat (instant triple talaq) as unconstitutional, men were divorcing their wives on flimsy grounds and even via Whatsapp.
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