Triple Talaq Bill passed: AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi hits out, claims bill 'forces woman to stay married to imprisoned man'

Slamming the Triple Talaq Bill, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday has said that the bill marginalizes Muslim women more. He claims that the bill forces a woman to stay in a marriage with an imprisoned man who had verbally and emotionally abused her.

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He added that it was a testing time for those who believe in the rule of law and freedom of religion. He also reminisced a previous triple Talaq judgment, while saying that existing laws provided stringent and comprehensive safeguards to all women like the Domestic Violence Act.

He further stated that Triple Talaq Bill was one of the many attacks on the Muslim community since 2014 listing -  Mob violence, police atrocities, and mass incarceration.

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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.