This Bill, which makes instant triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat a punishable offence, follows the Supreme Court judgment on August 22, 2017 in the ca🌜se of Shayara Bano vs. Union of 💝India.
The Union cabinet has cleared an ordinance to make the practice of instant triple talaq a penal offence, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said 🍒Wednesday, citing compelling necessity for the move as the practice annulled by the Supreme Court continues unabated.
Addressing a press conference, he accused the Congress party of not cooperating in the passa🍸ge of the 'Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill, pending in the Rajya Sabha, because of vote bank politics.
Citing details of the ordinance, he said a wom🍃an or her blood relative will have to file a case 🔜before a police station to make the offence cognizable.
The offence is compoundable. A compromise can also be reached before a magistra꧒te after t☂he affected woman consents to it, he said.
"It is my seriou𒁃s charge that despite having a woman leading the Congress, the did not lend 🎃support to the bill," he told reporters.
Describing the practice as "barbaric and inhuman", he said nearly 22 countries have regulated triple talaq. However, gender justice was given a comple🐽te go-by in a secular country like India because of blatant vote bank politics.
"I will again appeal to Sonia ji that this ordinance has been brought in the interest of the country to bring gender justice. I appeal to you to rise above vote bank politics and help pass it in the interest of justice for wo🍨men," he told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
The Union minister also appealed to Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Bane♔rjee to help in ൲the passage of the bill pending in Rajya Sabha, where the government lacks numbers. The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill.
The Supreme Court last year banned the ♑practice. But since the practice was still prevalent, a bill was brought to make it a penal offence.
(PTI)