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This is perhaps the very first complaint lodged in Madhya Pradesh, under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights of Marriage) Act, 2019, after the Parliament passed a bill for the Act this week outlawing the practice and criminalizing the offence. (PTI | Representational Image)

Woman in Madhya Pradesh files complaint against husband, claims he gave triple talaq

Asma alleged that her husband beat her up on several occasions and demanded dowry from her parents.

03 Aug 2019 2:55 PM

Seeking a stay on the operation of the Act till the plea is decided by the court, the organisation has contended that the law, directed at the Muslim community, has national ramifications. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Triple talaq law’s validity challenged in apex court

It has further contended that there is no “informed assessment or study that forms basis for the Central government to have created this offence".

03 Aug 2019 1:28 AM

A religious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics in Kerala, has moved the top court seeking to declare it as unconstitutional. (Photo: File)

New law on Triple Talaq challenged in SC

'Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema' has moved the top court seeking to declare it as unconstitutional.

02 Aug 2019 9:13 PM

The Bill was passed with 99 members in its favour while 84 members voted against it in the final division. (Photo: File)

President Kovind gives assent to Triple Talaq Bill

With the President's approval, the Bill has become an Act.

01 Aug 2019 10:07 AM

Maulana K R Firangi of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. (Photo: ANI)

Muslim Law Board blames Opposition for enactment of Triple Talaq Bill

The Bill has already been passed by the LS and with the approval of the RS, the Bill is all set to become an Act after the Presidential nod.

31 Jul 2019 1:17 PM

The bill also renders Talaq-e-Biddat the status of a cognisable offence that empowers police to arrest the offender without requiring a warrant. (Photo: Representational image)

Triple talaq: What does Tripal Talaq Bill stand for?

After passing through Rajya Sabha, the bill gets legality which would be taken before the President for his assent.

30 Jul 2019 7:44 PM

After getting a nod in Lok Sabha, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tabled the contentious triple talaq bill for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

'Triple talaq is about justice, dignity of women,' says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad also said that the practice of triple talaq is continuing despite Supreme Court banning the same through its judgement.

30 Jul 2019 1:16 PM

Unlike lower house, where the BJP-led NDA enjoys strong majority, the ruling alliance will face an uphill task in Rajya Sabha where opposition parties have numerical advantage. (Photo: File)

Triple talaq bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha today

The bill has already been passed by the Lok Sabha by a voice vote amidst a walkout by Congress, SP, Trinamool Congress, DMK and others.

30 Jul 2019 8:44 AM

'I have been an MLA for nine times, a minister several times, a Rajya Sabha member too. I was a parliamentary Affairs Minister too. I know legislative procedures. However, if my words hurt anyone, I hereby apologise,' Azam Khan said. (Photo: File)

Azam Khan apologises for remarks against BJP MP Rama Devi

Azam's remarks to Devi were slammed as double-meaning, malicious, utterly condemnable.

29 Jul 2019 12:14 PM

She said she could have given a strong retort but didn't speak out of respect for the chair she held then. (Photo: File)

'Will never forgive Azam Khan even if he apologises,' says Rama Devi

Rama Devi said that Azam Khan insulted the chair twice - once by making the comment and second by not apologising instantly.

27 Jul 2019 3:19 PM

Citing the AIADMK MP's remark, Stalin said it was an 'artificial justification' for the change in stance and condemned it. (Photo: File)

Stalin calls AIADMK BJP's clone after TN ruling party supported triple talaq bill

He alleged that the support showed the 'double standards' of the 'dual leadership' of the AIADMK.

27 Jul 2019 8:37 AM

As Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was reading out from news clippings grounds on which women have been given instant triple talaq, Birla asked him not to read from clippings. (Photo: File)

Speaker Om Birla asks Law Minister not to read from newspaper clippings

The law minister then used the term 'media reports' to refer to the cases of instant triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat.

25 Jul 2019 4:34 PM

The BJP has repeatedly underscored the need to pass the Triple Talaq bill. (Photo: File)

Triple talaq bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha today

Most opposition parties, including the Congress, had opposed to stringent provisions like jail term for the husband.

25 Jul 2019 9:19 AM

Malaysia's former king has divorced a Russian ex-beauty queen just months after news of their wedding emerged and he abdicated in a first for the country, his lawyer said. (Photo: Instagram/ Sultan Muhammad V)

Malaysia's ex-king divorces former Russian beauty queen by ‘triple talaq’

Former Miss Moscow, however, said she is still married to Sultan Muhammad V, and has continued to post pictures of couple on social media.

24 Jul 2019 2:44 PM

Jahan also claimed her brother in-law and landlord have threatened to throw her out of her residence. (Photo: ANI)

Triple talaq petitioner 'threatened' for attending Hanuman Chalisa recital

Mother to a 14-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son, Ishrat Jahan is one of 5 petitioners in case against instant triple talaq.

18 Jul 2019 3:14 PM

A case has been registered against her husband and four of his family under IPC sections 498-A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation). (Representational Image)

Noida: Wife asks for Rs 30 to buy vegetables; man thrashes her, gives triple talaq

The incident took place on June 29, police said adding that she has alleged that she was subjected to domestic violence.

01 Jul 2019 10:26 AM

Article 3 rightly declares that “any pronouncement of talaq by a Muslim husband upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in any other manner whatsoever, shall be void and illegal”.

Send talaq bill to panel for sustainable reform

The intent is thus clearly to make triple talaq a criminal offence with imprisonment up to three years in addition to a fine.

30 Jun 2019 12:15 AM

Samajwadi Party MP Mohammad Azam Khan said in the Lok Sabha that the issue of triple Talaq was a personal matter of Muslims and nothing else will be acceptable except that mentioned in the Holy Quran. (Photo: File)

Muslim's personal issue, nothing acceptable outside Quran: Azam Khan on Triple Talaq

Khan said politics divides communities who otherwise have fraternal bonds.

25 Jun 2019 9:07 AM

Despite protests from Opposition benches, chiefly from the Congress, the passage of the bill seems to be a certainty in the Lok Sabha with the ruling BJP in itself having a brute majority of 303 in the 542-member House. (Photo: PTI)

Government pushes new bill on triple talaq in Lok Sabha

The question, however, was whether the government would be able to get the bill through the Upper House where it still lacks a majority.

22 Jun 2019 7:48 AM

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday moved the Triple Talaq in the Lok Sabha. (Photo: File)

'Triple Talaq bill for women's dignity,' says Ravi Shankar; Oppn clashes again

'Rights of Muslim women will be protected. Hence, this law will give justice to the victims of Triple Talaq,' said Union minister.

21 Jun 2019 12:42 PM

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