Breaking: Triple talaq bill introduced in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, December 17: Here is the latest news that, The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, commonly known as the Triple Talaq Bill, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on here Monday.

In this regard, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad introduced the Bill, despite opposition from Congress member Shashi Tharoor.

The government could not pass the Bill in Rajya Sabha during the previous monsoon session.Later it issued an ordinance on September 19 in making triple talaq a criminal offence.

Under the proposed law, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.

The fresh bill will supercede an earlier bill passed in the Lok Sabha and pending in the Rajya Sabha.