Page 3 - Triple Talaq Bill

Triple talaq bill unacceptable if against Quran: Muslim women organisations

The bill seeks to criminalise the practice of instant divorce by repeated the word talaq thrice

Triple talaq bill to be introduced in Parliament on Dec 28

It was cleared by the Union Cabinet earlier this month

Triple talaq bill: Will request PM to withdraw it, says AIMPLB

AIMPLB spokesperson said the bill looks like a kind of conspiracy to grab the power of divorce from Muslims

Triple talaq bill is against women, will destroy families: AIMPLB

AIMPLB spokesperson Sajjad Nomani accuses the Centre of not following the laid procedure in drafting the bill

Triple talaq bill to be tabled today amid Congress protest against Modi

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will introduce the Bill

Cong may oppose triple talaq Bill if it violates SC verdict

Congress said the party was yet to see the content of the proposed legislation

Govt should have consulted Muslims on triple talaq law, says AIMPLB

Before approving the draft law the Centre should have consulted the Muslim community, and also the experts, AIMPLB spokesperson Maulana Sajjad Nomani said

Cabinet clears bill to make instant triple talaq illegal

The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting held this afternoon

Wedded to the cause: Lok Sabha passes revised triple talaq Bill

Opposition members said the contentious Bill suffered from loopholes

Centre to push for passage of triple talaq Bill in Budget Session

The Lok Sabha had passed the bill seeking imprisonment for Muslim men convicted of practising instant triple talaq, but a united opposition had stalled it in the Rajya Sabha

Triple talaq ban isn't enough. Here are five laws women urgently need

Criminalising marital rape is one of them.

Triple talaq: SC has no right to interfere in Shariat laws, says AIMPLB

This very role of the court is a violation of basic rights which can never be accepted: Maulana Ata Ur Rehman Rashdi

Modi govt blames Congress for stalling triple talaq Bill in Parliament

However, Ghulam Nabi Azad said government intended to keep the pot simmering on the issue to malign his party

Govt to push for Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament's Budget Session

Government sources said they would seek its passage in the first phase of the session

Cong may back criminality clause in Triple Talaq Bill but on one condition

Congress is said to be ready to allow the bill to pass if the government agrees to take the financial responsibility of supporting all such women whose husbands are jailed

Stalemate continues over triple talaq Bill as govt-Opposition clash in RS

New Delhi, January 4With disagreement persisting between a united Opposition and an unyielding government on whether the 'triple talaq' Bill be referred to a select committee of the Rajya Sabha, the contentious Bill looks headed to be put in abeyance.At 2pm on Thursday, Opposition members demanded the House resume the unfinished business from the previous day. On Wednesday, the House was adjourned for the day after treasury benches disagreed with the Opposition's demand to refer the Bill to a select committee.Let alone fence sitters like the Biju Janata Dal and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supported the Opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ally Telugu Desam Party also demanded that it be send to a committee. The Opposition was further enthused when it got to know that the Shiv Sena was also unlikely to vote alongside the BJP on the issue.On Thursday, the government first proposed a discussion on the state of the economy, which was taken up, and listed the ...

RS adjourned amid uproar by Oppn without any decision on triple talaq bill

After Arun Jaitley's reply to the discussion, the opposition returned to its demand for a vote on the two motions

BJP misleading Muslims, using triple talaq bill for political gains: Azad

Azad said the ruling party was virtually "isolated" on the bill in the upper house

A bit of fun, a bit of temper

Ghulam Nabi Azad said 'the BJP was anti-BJP' and then corrected himself to say that 'BJP was anti-Dalit'

RS adjourned after Oppn demands triple talaq bill be sent to select panel

New Delhi, January 3The government on Wednesday introduced the 'triple talaq' Bill in the Rajya Sabha, but the proceedings were adjourned for the day before the House could take it for debate as the treasury benches objected to the Opposition's demand that the Bill be referred to a House select committee.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance is in a minority in the Rajya Sabha. Not just some of the fence sitter parties, like the Biju Janata Dal and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, but its ally Telugu Desam Party also supported the Opposition resolution to refer the Bill to a committee. If the Opposition parties maintain unity and persist with their demand on Thursday, the penultimate day of the winter session, it is likely the government is forced to refer the Bill to a House committee.However, on Wednesday evening, the Opposition as well as the BJP leaders, trooped out of Parliament claiming to have exposed their rivals. If the government accused .