The Union Cabinet Wednesday approved an ordinance to ban the practice of instant triple talaq.
21 Sep 2018 2:22 AM
It’s not certain if marital discords are best settled by jailing one of the parties.
21 Sep 2018 12:10 AM
With the President's assent on the ordinance, 'triple talaq', has become punishable with a jail term of up to three years and a fine.
20 Sep 2018 8:41 AM
Govt sees ‘compelling necessity’ as it continued despite SC ban last year; 3-yr jail for offenders.
20 Sep 2018 1:52 AM
Surjewala said Congress had objected that if a man is jailed, how will women get allowance and how can care be ensured to their children.
19 Sep 2018 5:20 PM
'All India Muslim Personal Law Board and women organisations should challenge this ordinance in the Supreme Court,' Owaisi said.
19 Sep 2018 5:10 PM
The Union cabinet cleared an ordinance to make the practice of instant triple talaq a penal offence on Wednesday.
19 Sep 2018 3:24 PM
Triple talaq wasn't allowed to be ended because of ambiguity of Cong for 'vote bank politics', Ravi Shankar said.
19 Sep 2018 2:08 PM
The victim's family also alleged that she was forced to perform 'halala' and was gang-raped.
15 Sep 2018 2:14 PM
Rather than enacting a UCC, the Law Commission has recommended that family laws of every religion must be reformed to render them gender-just.
12 Sep 2018 1:37 AM
Nida Khan was married to Usman Raza Khan of Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat family in 2015 but was divorced in 2016.
09 Sep 2018 12:28 AM
Referring to issue of talaq-e-biddat or instant triple talaq, Modi said economic growth will be incomplete without a social transformation.
26 Aug 2018 2:25 PM
Trafficking under this bill also includes begging, domestic work, farm or factory work.
21 Aug 2018 12:55 AM
If the Triple Talaq bill is cleared in Rajya Sabha, it will be sent back to Lok Sabha for approval.
10 Aug 2018 9:32 AM
The new version of the bill with a provision for bail is expected to win support of the Congress and other Opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha.
10 Aug 2018 1:23 AM
Bareilly Shahar Imam, 2 others have been booked on charges of threatening and hurting religious sentiments of woman.
26 Jul 2018 3:11 PM
Ahmed said that in case man finds his wife cheating on him, he doesn't have to kill her and can give triple talaq, thus sparing her life.
23 Jul 2018 8:36 PM
Cong women’s wing chief says legislation should consider alimony to women.
23 Jul 2018 12:42 AM
All India Faizan-e-Madina Council has announced a reward for anyone who stones Nida Khan and cuts off her hair.
23 Jul 2018 12:20 AM
The AIMPLB is an NGO and has no legal standing, though in Muslim society it has some acceptance.
19 Jul 2018 12:05 AM