Will criminality of Triple Talaq advantage Muslim women ? questions raized by Congress and AIMIM
Will criminality of Triple Talaq advantage Muslim women ? questions raized by Congress and AIMIM
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New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (NT): The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017, which tries to find to criminalize the practice of triple talaq, is likely to be tabled in the winter Parliament session by Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday.

But the Congress and AIMIM parties are not ready for the introduction of this bill.

'I don't think we can support it because they didn't make us understand how this criminality of Triple Talaq will advantage Muslim women. If someone is lodged in prison as a punishment for saying Triple Talaq, who will take care of his family" says Salman Khurshid, Congress on TripleTalaq Bill

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Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM President has given the notice to go up against the introduction of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill) 2017 in Lok Sabha on the heated discussion of triple talaq Bill.

The draft of Triple Talaq bill asserts, "Any pronouncement of talaq by a person upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in any other manner whatsoever, shall be void and illegal".

There is also a provision of sentence for a term, which possibly can be extended to three years with a fine for violators. The draft bill also envisions giving the right to divorcee Muslim women for maintenance.

Apart from that It also has a provision for the divorced Muslim women to claim the custody of their minor children. As per the draft, the offenses under the purview of this bill will be cognizable and non-bailable.

This Bill shall extend to the entire of India excluding Jammu and Kashmir.

 

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