Parliament Passes Triple Talaq Bill: Amit Shah & Smriti Irani thank PM Modi, call it a 'historic day for democracy'

Congratulating PM Modi for the passage of the Triple Talaq Bill in the Rajya Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that it was a great day for India's democracy while thanking all parties who supported this historic bill.  

Union WCD minister Smriti Irani too took to Twitter to express her gratitude to PM Modi for the passage of the bill calling it a true testimony to ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’.

Talking to Republic TV, she added that "There is nothing secular about not standing for justice for Muslim women," calling the practice archaic. 

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Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari too thanked PM Modi for the passage of the bill, saying this parliament has ended injustice on Muslim women.

(Today is a historic day. Triple Talaq bill has passed in Parliament, which is a very important step towards women empowerment. I congratulate the Honorable Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, under whose leadership the Parliament has ended this injustice to Muslim women. #TripleTalaqBill)

Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also hailed the passage of the bill, while slamming 'so-called liberals' for opposing such a progressive law.

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Rajya Sabha passes Triple Talaq Bill

Earlier in the day, in a historic move, the Muslim Woman (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 or the contentious Triple Talaq Bill has been passed in the Rajya Sabha by 99-84 votes. Despite the demand of Opposition parties, the Rajya Sabha rejected the motion to send Triple Talaq Bill to a select panel by 100-84 votes. 

The Law Minister moved the triple talaq bill in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday for passage after the Lok Sabha passed the Bill last week for the second time. Prior to that, the Bill had been passed in the Lok Sabha on December 2017, during the first tenure of the Modi government.

The Bill which makes the practice of instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) a penal offence, was opposed by opposition parties which claimed that jail term for the husband for divorcing his wife was legally untenable. The government had promulgated the ordinance on triple talaq twice. 

What is the Triple Talaq Bill?

Under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, divorcing through instant Triple Talaq will be illegal, void and would attract a jail term of three years for the husband.

While the bill makes triple talaq a "non-bailable" offense, an accused can approach a magistrate even before trial to seek bail. In a non-bailable offence, bail cannot be granted by police at the police station itself.