Union Cabinet clears fresh triple talaq bill

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a fresh bill to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said.
The bill will be introduced in the Budget session of Parliament which begins on Monday to replace an ordinance issued in February by the previous BJP-led NDA government. With the dissolution of the 16th LokSabha last month, the previous bill had lapsed as it was pending in RajyaSabha. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, which made the practice of instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) a penal offence, had faced objections from the opposition parties which claimed that jail term for a man for divorcing his wife was legally untenable.
Javadekar said the proposed legislation is based on gender equality and is part of the government’s philosophy of ‘SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas, SabkaVishwas’ .