A milestone bill that makes instant "triple talaq" a criminal offense is scheduled for the preamble in the Rajya Sabha today but it may get deferred to Wednesday as offering the ruling party to an opportunity to attempt and build consensus on the matter after an extended weekend.

more than a few parties together with the Congress, the Left and the two big parties from Tamil Nadu, AIADMK, and the DMK, have been in favor of sending the bill to a panel of parliamentarians to touch some provisions of the bill that opposition leaders in Lok Sabha had recommended could put to stop tenderness the interest of Muslim women rather than assist them.

There is some soreness at the provision for a three-year imprison term for a Muslim man who thorough the word "talaq" thrice to dissociate his wife. There are also concerns that if the law is passed, it would give anyone the right to make a complaint to the police about the "triple talaq" to register a case and take custody the man.

Last week amid the hue and cry of lawmakers, This Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with most of the leading parties in the Opposition, together with the Congress, voting in favor, but with the admonition. It was passed after the House discarded a set of amendments moved by varied Opposition members.

The Govt. of Centre termed the decision in favor of to pass Bill on triple talaq as "historic" and expressed assurance that it would be also passed in Rajya Sabha.

The controversial bill had met with mixed reaction from all political parties when it was presented in the lower house.

As Congress extended its support, it also recommended that there were firm lacunae in the Bill that looked-for to be fixed before being put into practice.

This Bill, if acts out, will make triple talaq a criminal offense which proposes a three-year imprison for a Muslim man who divorces his spouse in any form of spoken, written or by electronic means such as email, SMS, and WhatsApp. (NT)