Fear of triple talaq kept haunting Muslim women, we ended it: PM Modi in Independence Day speech
5 years, 4 months ago

Fear of triple talaq kept haunting Muslim women, we ended it: PM Modi in Independence Day speech

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday his government took steps to help Muslim women stop living in fear and removed the practice of triple talaq as he addressed the nation in his sixth straight Independence Day speech. PM Modi “The fear of triple talaq kept haunting Muslim women in our country, which is why we took the step to criminalise instant talaq,” PM Modi said in his Independence speech. “Remember how scared Muslim women were, those who suffered due to the practice of triple talaq, but we ended that. HT Editorial: India’s tryst with freedom The Muslim Women, Bill, 2019, which criminalises instant ‘triple talaq’ among Muslims and attracts a jail term of three years for the husband came into force on August 1.

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‘You are not Muslim’: UP man gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife for supporting police action in Sambhal
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1 month ago

‘You are not Muslim’: UP man gives ‘triple talaq’ to wife for supporting police action in Sambhal

Live Mint  

A woman from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh is making headlines after her husband gave her ‘triple talaq’ for supporting police action following Sambhal violence. The woman has alleged that while she was watching a video linked to the recent Sambhal violence, her support for police action infuriated her husband Ejazul. After this, Nida filed a police complaint against her husband …

UP woman backs police action in violence-hit Sambhal, husband gives triple talaq
1 month ago

UP woman backs police action in violence-hit Sambhal, husband gives triple talaq

India Today  

A woman in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad was allegedly given triple talaq by her husband for speaking in support of the police during the November 24 violence in Sambhal which claimed the lives of four people, police said on Sunday. The woman, Nida, claimed that her husband called her a 'kaafir' when she suggested that the police personnel had the right …

Ayodhya resident gives 'triple talaq' to wife after she praises PM Narendra Modi, CM Yogi
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ayodhya resident gives 'triple talaq' to wife after she praises PM Narendra Modi, CM Yogi

Hindustan Times  

An Ayodhya resident has been booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police for allegedly pronouncing triple talaq to her wife after she praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the development of the city, news agency PTI reported. Maryam has also alleged that the man's family tried to strangle her on the day the man pronounced instant …

Centre defends law against triple talaq, says it legitimised ‘abandonment’ of Muslim women
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre defends law against triple talaq, says it legitimised ‘abandonment’ of Muslim women

The Hindu  

The Union government in the Supreme Court has justified the Central law criminalising triple talaq, saying the “practice legitimised and institutionalised abandonment of wives by their husbands” and was “neither Islamic nor legal”. The government said all it did with the Muslim Women Act, 2019 was make a practice called “manifestly arbitrary” by the Supreme Court a non-bailable criminal offence …

UP: Woman given triple talaq after voting for BJP in Lok Sabha elections, Islamist husband Saiwan Miya and relatives booked
6 months ago

UP: Woman given triple talaq after voting for BJP in Lok Sabha elections, Islamist husband Saiwan Miya and relatives booked

Op India  

On 7th July, Charra police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh filed an FIR against one unknown person based on the complaint filed by a woman identified as Sofiya Khan. The woman in the complaint stated that her husband, Saiwan Miya divorced her by giving her ‘triple talaq’ after she voted for a BJP candidate in the recently happened Lok Sabha …

MP: Muslim woman given triple talaq by her husband for voting BJP in Lok Sabha elections
6 months, 2 weeks ago

MP: Muslim woman given triple talaq by her husband for voting BJP in Lok Sabha elections

Op India  

In Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, a 26-year-old Muslim woman has alleged that her husband gave her “triple talaq” after he was enraged with her for voting for the BJP in the Lok Sabha election. The officer went on to say that the complaint woman supported and voted for a political party, which infuriated her husband, who then gave her a …

Watch | PM Narendra Modi says he does not oppose Islam: 'Muslim community is…'
8 months ago

Watch | PM Narendra Modi says he does not oppose Islam: 'Muslim community is…'

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he does not oppose Islam or Muslims and wants the community to think about their future growth as they vote in an ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024 that completes its third phase on Tuesday, May 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to cast his vote for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in …

'No dossiers, only dose to terrorists': PM Modi's poll blitz in Gujarat, Maharashtra
8 months, 1 week ago

'No dossiers, only dose to terrorists': PM Modi's poll blitz in Gujarat, Maharashtra

India Today  

Addressing an election rally in Gujarat's Sabarkantha on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi contended that his government took a different approach on national security and stormed the terrorists' den to hit them hard instead of sharing dossiers with the neighbouring country, a practice that the Congress always resorted to. Today's New India does not send dossiers, it gives dose to …

Amit Shah slams foreign media over ‘anti-Muslim’ law claims: 'Ask them...'
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Amit Shah slams foreign media over ‘anti-Muslim’ law claims: 'Ask them...'

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah has hit back at foreign media for questioning the contentious laws brought in by the Narendra Modi government, particularly those related to religion and citizenship. Foreign media outlets have been actively scrutinising India's ban on the triple talaq practice in Islam, abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and the Citizenship Amendment Act, which …

PM Modi asks NDA MPs to reach out to Muslim women during Rakshan Bandhan festival
1 year, 5 months ago

PM Modi asks NDA MPs to reach out to Muslim women during Rakshan Bandhan festival

Live Mint  

PM Modi urges BJP leaders to reach out to Muslim women during Raksha Bandhan festival, after ban on triple talaq. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked BJP leaders to reach out to Muslim women during the upcoming festival of Raksha Bandhan which will will fall on August 30 this year. PM Modi's statement came against the backdrop of his government's …

Need for state action was felt in triple talaq law, Centre tells Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Need for state action was felt in triple talaq law, Centre tells Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The government reasoned it had to introduce a law criminalising triple talaq as Muslim men continued the practice in spite of a Supreme Court judgment declaring it illegal. The government’s 177-page affidavit recently filed in the apex court came in response to a series of petitions which have challenged the constitutionality of the Muslim Women Act 2019, which makes the …

Islamists abuse Muslim scholars for lauding PM Modi and his government's work for the Muslim community
1 year, 10 months ago

Islamists abuse Muslim scholars for lauding PM Modi and his government's work for the Muslim community

Op India  

On Wednesday, leaders of several Muslim organizations showered praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking several steps for the welfare of the largest minority community in India. The Muslim leaders said that the Indian government led by PM Modi abolished Triple Talaq and is the only one who has thought of taking steps the empower Muslim women. #WATCH | …

Jaipur woman accuses husband of giving her triple talaq over birth of daughter
2 years, 2 months ago

Jaipur woman accuses husband of giving her triple talaq over birth of daughter

India Today  

A Muslim woman was allegedly given triple talaq by her husband for giving birth to a girl in Rajasthan’s Jaipur. The woman, Sananaaz, has accused her husband, Amanullah, of giving her triple talaq after she gave birth to their daughter. "I was given instant triple Talaq by my husband because I gave birth to a girl. But once again, I …

Morning Digest | India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador; Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty, and more
2 years, 4 months ago

Morning Digest | India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador; Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty, and more

The Hindu  

India-China ties seeing a positive impetus, says Chinese Ambassador India and China are seeing a “positive impetus” to ties, given two meetings between the Foreign Ministers in the past few months and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attendance at the BRICS summit in June, Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said on Saturday. Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty The man …

UP man gives wife triple talaq for supporting PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath
2 years, 5 months ago

UP man gives wife triple talaq for supporting PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath

India Today  

A woman in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh was given triple talaq by her husband for supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath, police said. Police said that a woman accused her husband and her in-laws of inflicting atrocities upon her as she had voted for PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath. WOMAN HARASSED FOR BACKING BJP "My …

India TV Samvaad: Triple talaq law reduced cases by 90%, says Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan
2 years, 7 months ago

India TV Samvaad: Triple talaq law reduced cases by 90%, says Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan

India TV News  

Highlights Kerala Governor complimented PM Modi for enactment of law against Triple talaq Governor said "Many Islamic nations ended the social malpractice but it was prevalent in India In 2019, BJP govt enacted a law making instant triple talaq a criminal offence India TV Samvaad: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government for …

From hijab ban to Ram Mandir: When the Supreme Court was drawn into religious debates
2 years, 9 months ago

From hijab ban to Ram Mandir: When the Supreme Court was drawn into religious debates

Firstpost  

The hijab row has moved from classrooms to the top court. The Karnataka High Court’s decision to uphold the ban on the headscarf has been challenged in the Supreme Court After the Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions seeking permission to wear hijabs inside the classroom after it deemed that the headscarf was not an essential religious practice of Islam, the …

Triple talaq law helping women: PM in Mann ki Baat
2 years, 10 months ago

Triple talaq law helping women: PM in Mann ki Baat

Hindustan Times  

Women in the country are “reaching new heights”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he hailed his government’s women-centric decisions, including a law against the practice of triple talaq. The country has seen an 80% reduction in cases related to the practice of triple talaq, Modi said. The Prime Minister also talked about redefining “Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat ” …

Dynasts ignored problems of Muslim women because of vote bank politics, says PM Modi
2 years, 10 months ago

Dynasts ignored problems of Muslim women because of vote bank politics, says PM Modi

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at rivals, saying they only bothered about “vote-bank politics” and did not pay attention to the “mountain-like” problems faced by Muslim women due to evil practices like triple talaq. “The dynasts always bothered for their ‘vote bank’ but shut their eyes on the mountain-like problems faced by the Muslim women due to …

Dynasts Ignored Problems of Muslim Women Because of Vote Bank Politics, Says PM Modi
2 years, 10 months ago

Dynasts Ignored Problems of Muslim Women Because of Vote Bank Politics, Says PM Modi

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at rivals, saying they only bothered about “vote-bank politics” and did not pay attention to the “mountain-like” problems faced by Muslim women due to evil practices like triple talaq. “The dynasts always bothered for their ‘vote bank’ but shut their eyes on the mountain-like problems faced by the Muslim women due to …

No woman wears hijab by choice: Yogi Adityanath | EXCLUSIVE
2 years, 10 months ago

No woman wears hijab by choice: Yogi Adityanath | EXCLUSIVE

India Today  

Amid the raging hijab row, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said hijab is forced on Muslim women and that no one wears hijab by choice. In an exclusive interview with India Today TV on Thursday, Yogi Adityanath said, "No woman wears hijab by choice. "I have seen their tears.when they spoke about their ordeal, their relatives were shedding tears," …

Amid Hijab row, Modi talks welfare of Muslim women in west UP
2 years, 11 months ago

Amid Hijab row, Modi talks welfare of Muslim women in west UP

Hindustan Times  

Amid the ongoing hijab controversy that started from BJP- ruled Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing his first physical rally in 2022 UP polls from Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, reached out to Muslim women, saying their bid to connect with the Bharatiya Janata Party was being blocked by the opposition, which was scared of losing their support. …

We stand with Muslim women, says PM Modi in UP
2 years, 11 months ago

We stand with Muslim women, says PM Modi in UP

Hindustan Times  

The Yogi Adityanath government has consistently worked towards preventing crimes against Muslim women, while others have stood in the way of their progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday as he addressed his first physical rally in Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a public meeting for the state Assembly elections, …

Chhattisgarh: Woman Moves HC Challenging Validity of Sharia Court, Triple Talaq Order
2 years, 11 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Woman Moves HC Challenging Validity of Sharia Court, Triple Talaq Order

News 18  

A woman has filed a petition in the Chhattisgarh High Court, challenging the validity of a Sharia court operating in Raipur and a 'triple talaq' order passed by it against her recently. But, the respondent had proceeded for the 'triple talaq', her counsel Devershi Thakur said on Thursday. The 'Idara-e-Shariya Islami Court' here last month passed the triple talaq order …

PM Modi reaches out to Muslim women amid hijab row, says people are finding new ways to block their rights
2 years, 11 months ago

PM Modi reaches out to Muslim women amid hijab row, says people are finding new ways to block their rights

India Today  

Addressing his first physical poll rally in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that people were finding "new ways to block the rights and development of Muslim women" in India. But we stand with every Muslim woman," PM Modi said, speaking the same day that Uttar Pradesh began voting in the first phase of the Assembly election. …

PM Modi Takes Swipe After Mamata's Show of Support for Akhilesh; Reaches Out to Muslim Women
2 years, 11 months ago

PM Modi Takes Swipe After Mamata's Show of Support for Akhilesh; Reaches Out to Muslim Women

News 18  

After the public show of support by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a jibe at the SP for inviting a leader who had called the people of UP ”goondas” to campaign in the UP Assembly elections. Touching on the issue of triple talaq, Modi also …

UP polls: Bareilly cleric’s daughter-in-law, a triple talaq victim, joins BJP
2 years, 11 months ago

UP polls: Bareilly cleric’s daughter-in-law, a triple talaq victim, joins BJP

Hindustan Times  

After praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for scrapping triple talaq, Nida Khan, the daughter-in- law of Islamic cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan from Bareilly’s famous Dargah Ala Hazrat, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Lucknow on Sunday. They include former UP minister in the Samajwadi Party government Shivcharan Prajapati, former BSP general secretary Gangaram Ambedkar, who was OSD to the then …

Triple Talaq Law: Legal Reform is the First Step to Empower Muslim Women, Writes Zakia Soman
3 years, 3 months ago

Triple Talaq Law: Legal Reform is the First Step to Empower Muslim Women, Writes Zakia Soman

News 18  

The Muslim Women Act or the Triple Talaq Law invoked sharp reactions during its passage in 2019. India needs a comprehensive Muslim family law which protects legal rights of women just as the Hindu marriage, succession and other laws protect rights of Hindu women. However, the legal discrimination of Muslim women and thereby the whole community continued owing to the …

Two Years of Triple Talaq Law: All About the Legislation That Banned Instant Divorce by Muslim Men
3 years, 5 months ago

Two Years of Triple Talaq Law: All About the Legislation That Banned Instant Divorce by Muslim Men

News 18  

The Ministry of Minority Affairs announced on Saturday that “Muslim Women Rights Day” will be observed across the nation on August 1 to celebrate the enactment of the triple talaq law. The Triple Talaq law, enforced by the National Democratic Alliance government on August 1, 2019, classified giving ‘instant divorce’ by Muslim men to their wives as a criminal offence. …

Triple talaq law reduced cases by 80%, showed ’better results’: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
3 years, 5 months ago

Triple talaq law reduced cases by 80%, showed ’better results’: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Live Mint  

The law to criminalise triple talaq has reduced such instances by 80 per cent in the country, claimed Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi during an event to celebrate Muslim Women Rights Day. Minority Affairs Ministry is observing August 1, Sunday, as Muslim Women Rights Day to commemorate two years of Muslim Women Act. The law came into effect …

Muslim Women Rights Day 2021: Govt Marks 2nd Anniversary of 'Historic' Step to Ban Triple Talaq
3 years, 5 months ago

Muslim Women Rights Day 2021: Govt Marks 2nd Anniversary of 'Historic' Step to Ban Triple Talaq

News 18  

It was on August 1, 2019, that the Narendra Modi government passed the Triple Talaq bill in Parliament, abolishing the practice of instant divorce and ‘nikah halala’ in the Muslim community, and since then, the day is celebrated as Muslim Women Rights Day as the government marks gender equality. On the second anniversary of the event on Sunday, Union Minority …

Assam man tortures wife for stopping him from taking drugs, gives triple talaq
3 years, 7 months ago

Assam man tortures wife for stopping him from taking drugs, gives triple talaq

India Today  

A man in Assam’s Nagaon district allegedly gave triple talaq to his wife after she tried to stop him from taking drugs and consuming liquor. Following the incident, Majeda said, she filed a complaint with the Batadrava police station under the Muslim Women Act, but police have not taken any action so far over her complaint. In July 2019, Parliament …

Assam Assembly polls | NDA gave liberty to Muslim women: Nadda
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Assembly polls | NDA gave liberty to Muslim women: Nadda

The Hindu  

BJP president J.P. Nadda on Monday said the NDA government gave Muslim women in the country the liberty they deserved by declaring triple talaq illegal. Claiming that the party has been working for Assam’s peace and prosperity, he alluded to “positive changes” in Jammu and Kashmir after the repeal of Article 370 of the Constitution. The Narendra Modi government made …

Committee set up to reconsider minimum marriage age of girls: PM Modi in Independence Day speech
4 years, 4 months ago

Committee set up to reconsider minimum marriage age of girls: PM Modi in Independence Day speech

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day on Saturday, said that the government has set up a committee to reconsider the minimum age for marriage of girls in India. "We have set up committee to reconsider the minimum age for marriage of our daughters. We will take appropriate decision after the committee …

Short film shows Muslim woman thanking PM Modi for banning Triple Talaq
4 years, 10 months ago

Short film shows Muslim woman thanking PM Modi for banning Triple Talaq

Op India  

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Social Coffee published a video expressing its gratitude towards Prime Minister Modi for outlawing the inhumane practice of Triple Talaq, the traditional Islamic practice permitted Muslim men to divorce their wives by repeating the word ‘Talaq’ thrice. The video shows a Muslim couple playing a game of crosses and knots but the crosses …

All India Muslim Personal Law Board Moves SC Challenging Triple Talaq Act [Read Petition]
5 years, 2 months ago

All India Muslim Personal Law Board Moves SC Challenging Triple Talaq Act [Read Petition]

Live Law  

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board and Kamal Faruqui, member of Executive Committee of the Board have moved the Supreme Court challenging The Muslim Women Act, 2019, which criminalises triple talaq, saying the same is unconstitutional and brings marriage on the brinks of breakdown. It lays challenge to Section 2 of the Act which makes Talaq e Biddat "or …

Post triple talaq ban, Muslim women in UP constructing temple for PM Modi
5 years, 3 months ago

Post triple talaq ban, Muslim women in UP constructing temple for PM Modi

India TV News  

In a special way to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the introduction of various social reforms, a group of Muslim women in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district are constructing a temple dedicated to the prime minister. Ruby Ghazni, who is leading the group, said that the Prime Minister had done a lot for Muslim women in particular and deserved to …

UP govt's assistance to triple talaq survivors delinks outlawed practice from religion, may help widen acceptability of ban
5 years, 3 months ago

UP govt's assistance to triple talaq survivors delinks outlawed practice from religion, may help widen acceptability of ban

Firstpost  

With Yogi Adityanath govt Thursday offering free legal aid to survivors of instant triple talaq and financial assistance, the outlawed practice has now become a social issue On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced that his government would provide free legal aid to the Muslim women who have been given triple talaq by their husbands. However, with the …

SC Issues Notice On Another Plea Challenging Criminalization Of Triple Talaq
5 years, 3 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Another Plea Challenging Criminalization Of Triple Talaq

Live Law  

The Bench of Justices N. V. Ramana, Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi of the Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice in another petition challenging the constitutional validity of the law criminalizing Triple Talaq. It is noteworthy that Section 3 of the Act prescribes imprisonment of a Muslim husband for a term which may extend to three years and fine, …

Supreme Court agrees to examine triple talaq law
5 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court agrees to examine triple talaq law

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the challenge to the provisions in the Muslim Women Act, 2019, that criminalises the instant triple talaq and provides for the imprisonment of husband for divorcing wife and the retrospective applicability of the law. Seeking the Centre’s response on multiple petitions challenging different aspects of the Act also known as …

Independence Day 2019: Narendra Modi highlights scrapping of Article 370, law to ban triple talaq within 10-weeks of govt in 15 August address
5 years, 4 months ago

Independence Day 2019: Narendra Modi highlights scrapping of Article 370, law to ban triple talaq within 10-weeks of govt in 15 August address

Firstpost  

Narendra Modi also condoled the death of people in recent floods across the country, highlighting the condition in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra and assured the affected of all help. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that within 10 weeks of returning to power, his government took key decisions to fulfill the aspirations of people and cited the …

Narendra Modi Speech LIVE: $5 Trillion Economy Target Achievable, Says PM, Announces Infra Boost
5 years, 4 months ago

Narendra Modi Speech LIVE: $5 Trillion Economy Target Achievable, Says PM, Announces Infra Boost

News 18  

Narendra Modi Speech LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the first Independence Day speech of his second term, said the government’s decision to repeal Article 370 was a step towards fulfilling Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s dream. Modi said the country had finally achieved the goal of One Nation, One Constitution and every citizen could proudly say the same. What couldn’t be …

If we can abolish Sati, why not triple talaq: PM Narendra Modi in Independence Day speech
5 years, 4 months ago

If we can abolish Sati, why not triple talaq: PM Narendra Modi in Independence Day speech

India Today  

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday in his Independence Day speech talked about his government's move to abolish instant triple talaq and said that the Muslim women had been suffering under this custom. PM Modi also said that the Muslim women were really scared as they suffered due to practice of Triple Talaq. PM Modi questioned that if they could take …

After clearance from Rajya Sabha, Triple Talaq Bill gets President Ram Nath Kovind's nod
5 years, 5 months ago

After clearance from Rajya Sabha, Triple Talaq Bill gets President Ram Nath Kovind's nod

India TV News  

A day after the Triple Talaq bill was pushed through the Rajya Sabha amid a series of walkouts and abstentions, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday gave his assent to legislation aimed at banning the "Triple Talaq". Parliament abolishes Triple Talaq and corrects a historical wrong done to Muslim women. Hitting out at the Opposition party for prioritising the "fundamentalist" …

Triple talaq law: A historic moment for social justice
5 years, 5 months ago

Triple talaq law: A historic moment for social justice

Hindustan Times  

The passing of the law against instant triple talaq is a historic moment. The law is not to punish the man, but ensure fair play to the victim woman Unlike in 1985, when the lone voice of Shah Bano was crushed by all — government, politicians, clergymen — several Muslim women have publicly demanded an end to instant triple talaq …

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat July 30 episode: Historic passage of Triple Talaq Bill will act as a deterrent
5 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat July 30 episode: Historic passage of Triple Talaq Bill will act as a deterrent

India TV News  

It was a historic day in Parliament, when the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Muslim Women Bill by 84 votes to 99. The second argument put forth was that triple talaq could be declared illegal, but it should not be declared a cognizable offence punishable with imprisonment. With the passage of Triple Talaq Bill, the Modi government has crossed …

Triple talaq bill passed: PM Narendra Modi salutes courage of Muslim women
5 years, 5 months ago

Triple talaq bill passed: PM Narendra Modi salutes courage of Muslim women

India TV News  

Rajya Sabha passed triple talaq bill on Tuesday. "Passage in the Rajya Sabha of Muslim Women Bill completes Parliament's approval of ban on the inequitable practice of triple talaq. A milestone in the quest for gender justice; a moment of satisfaction for the entire country" Union Home Minister Amit Shah dubbed this "a great day for India's democracy" "Today is …

Historical wrong done to Muslim women corrected: PM Modi on Triple Talaq Bill
5 years, 5 months ago

Historical wrong done to Muslim women corrected: PM Modi on Triple Talaq Bill

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Hailing the passage of the Triple Talaq Bill by Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that a historic wrong done to Muslim women has been corrected and an "archaic and medieval practice" confined to the dustbin of history. Lok Sabha had passed the Muslim Women Bill, 2019 last week. Modi said this is a victory of …

In victory for NDA, Rajya Sabha passes bill to ban instant triple talaq
5 years, 5 months ago

In victory for NDA, Rajya Sabha passes bill to ban instant triple talaq

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government scored a major victory on Tuesday, managing to get its contentious bill seeking to ban the practice of instant triple talaq passed by a slim margin in the Rajya Sabha on the back of a divided Opposition. President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said the passage of triple talaq bill by Parliament was a milestone in …

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