Triple Talaq Act

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday said that cases of divorces in the Muslim community have dropped by 80 per cent since the Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Act was enacted.

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said that the cases of instant triple talaq have dropped by 80 per cent since the Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Act was enacted.

The Supreme Court has said there is no bar on granting anticipatory bail for an offence committed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019, which makes the practice of instant divorce through "triple talaq" among Muslims a punishable offence, provided the court hears the complainant woman before granting pre-arrest bail.

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a plea of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board or AIMPLB challenging the law which criminalises instant triple talaq (divorce).

A man was charged for allegedly pronouncing triple talaq on his wife over phone in Rajasthan's Baran district, police said on Monday.

Uttar Pradesh school students will discuss the revocation of Article 370 and the act of triple talaq during competitions held to mark Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.

A man was arrested in Delhi for divorcing his wife after pronouncing the word "talaq" thrice, police said on Saturday.

A woman in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur has alleged her nose was chopped off by her in-laws after she filed a case of triple talaq against them.

The contentious bill to ban Triple Talaq - the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "talaq" thrice - which failed the the Rajya Sabha test last time, is expected to have a smooth passage today as the opposition to it suddenly crumbled. While Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal supported the bill, the AIADMK and Nitish Kum...

As many as 17 opposition parties wrote to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu today to express anguish over the "hurried" passage of bills in the present parliament with little or no scrutiny. Terming it as a gross departure from established practice, they claimed that 14 bills had been passed in the current Lok Sabha with barely a second look.

Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, who was the first person from Haryana to become a Supreme Court judge and took up various contentious social and religious issues such as triple talaq, abuse of the SC/ST Act and safeguards for women in matrimonial disputes, retires today.

Important day at the Rajya Sabha as the Triple Talaq bill that was passed by the lower house last week, will be tabled and considered for passing. With three days to go for the conclusion of the Winter session of the Parliament, the government hopes it would build consensus and pass the bill. Protests in Maharashtra over the Bhima Koregaon violence...

After marrying a Hindu man, does a Parsi woman lose her religious identity and access to places held sacred by the Zoroastrian faith? Five judges of the Supreme Court will tomorrow take up the case of Goolrokh Gupta who was refused entry to places of worship after marrying a man outside her religion

The government may have to step in and enact a law to ban triple talaq if the Muslim community fails to "change" the practice, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today.

A man in Hyderabad has been arrested after he sent a postcard with "triple talaq" to divorce his new wife. In a rare arrest linked to the practice that has been challenged in the Supreme Court by Muslim women, the police have charged the 38-year-old man with "harassing" and cheating his wife, 26.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday said that cases of divorces in the Muslim community have dropped by 80 per cent since the Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Act was enacted.

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said that the cases of instant triple talaq have dropped by 80 per cent since the Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Act was enacted.

The Supreme Court has said there is no bar on granting anticipatory bail for an offence committed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019, which makes the practice of instant divorce through "triple talaq" among Muslims a punishable offence, provided the court hears the complainant woman before granting pre-arrest bail.

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a plea of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board or AIMPLB challenging the law which criminalises instant triple talaq (divorce).

A man was charged for allegedly pronouncing triple talaq on his wife over phone in Rajasthan's Baran district, police said on Monday.

Uttar Pradesh school students will discuss the revocation of Article 370 and the act of triple talaq during competitions held to mark Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.

A man was arrested in Delhi for divorcing his wife after pronouncing the word "talaq" thrice, police said on Saturday.

A woman in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur has alleged her nose was chopped off by her in-laws after she filed a case of triple talaq against them.

The contentious bill to ban Triple Talaq - the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "talaq" thrice - which failed the the Rajya Sabha test last time, is expected to have a smooth passage today as the opposition to it suddenly crumbled. While Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal supported the bill, the AIADMK and Nitish Kum...

As many as 17 opposition parties wrote to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu today to express anguish over the "hurried" passage of bills in the present parliament with little or no scrutiny. Terming it as a gross departure from established practice, they claimed that 14 bills had been passed in the current Lok Sabha with barely a second look.

Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, who was the first person from Haryana to become a Supreme Court judge and took up various contentious social and religious issues such as triple talaq, abuse of the SC/ST Act and safeguards for women in matrimonial disputes, retires today.

Important day at the Rajya Sabha as the Triple Talaq bill that was passed by the lower house last week, will be tabled and considered for passing. With three days to go for the conclusion of the Winter session of the Parliament, the government hopes it would build consensus and pass the bill. Protests in Maharashtra over the Bhima Koregaon violence...

After marrying a Hindu man, does a Parsi woman lose her religious identity and access to places held sacred by the Zoroastrian faith? Five judges of the Supreme Court will tomorrow take up the case of Goolrokh Gupta who was refused entry to places of worship after marrying a man outside her religion

The government may have to step in and enact a law to ban triple talaq if the Muslim community fails to "change" the practice, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today.

A man in Hyderabad has been arrested after he sent a postcard with "triple talaq" to divorce his new wife. In a rare arrest linked to the practice that has been challenged in the Supreme Court by Muslim women, the police have charged the 38-year-old man with "harassing" and cheating his wife, 26.