Triple Talaq Bill to be introduced on Thursday, AIMPLB opposes it
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Tue, Dec 26, 2017, 10:18 PM
New Delhi, Dec 26: The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill which will seek to criminalise triple talaq is listed for introduction in the Lok Sabha by law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on December 28.
The bill, prepared by an inter-ministerial group headed by home minister Rajnath Singh, makes instant triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat in any form — spoken, in writing or by electronic means such as email, SMS and WhatsApp — illegal and void, and provides for a jail term of three years for the husband.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), which opposes the proposed law, has requested Prime Minister Modi to withdraw the bill.
The board's president Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi wrote in a four-page letter to the Prime Minister that the bill was against Saria or Islamic law and infringes constitutional rights guaranteed to religious minorities.