<p class="title">Lok Sabha on Thursday took up for consideration the contentious bill to make the practice of instant triple talaq illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Moving the bill for consideration, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the legislation was a must for gender equality and justice as, despite an August 2017 Supreme Court verdict striking down the practice of instant triple talaq, women are being divorced by 'talaq-e-biddat'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said, since January 2017, 574 such cases have been reported by the media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three ordinances have so been promulgated as a similar bill moved by the previous government could not get the parliamentary nod.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A fresh bill was introduced by the new government in June during the ongoing Parliament session.</p>.<p class="bodytext">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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prasad said to allay fears that the proposed law could be misused, the government has included certain safeguards in it such as adding a provision of bail for the accused before trial.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the bill makes triple talaq a "non-bailable" offence, an accused can approach a magistrate even before trial to seek bail.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a non-bailable offence, bail cannot be granted by police at the police station itself.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A provision has been added to allow the magistrate to grant bail "after hearing the wife", the minister said.</p>
<p class="title">Lok Sabha on Thursday took up for consideration the contentious bill to make the practice of instant triple talaq illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Moving the bill for consideration, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the legislation was a must for gender equality and justice as, despite an August 2017 Supreme Court verdict striking down the practice of instant triple talaq, women are being divorced by 'talaq-e-biddat'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said, since January 2017, 574 such cases have been reported by the media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three ordinances have so been promulgated as a similar bill moved by the previous government could not get the parliamentary nod.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A fresh bill was introduced by the new government in June during the ongoing Parliament session.</p>.<p class="bodytext">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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prasad said to allay fears that the proposed law could be misused, the government has included certain safeguards in it such as adding a provision of bail for the accused before trial.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the bill makes triple talaq a "non-bailable" offence, an accused can approach a magistrate even before trial to seek bail.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a non-bailable offence, bail cannot be granted by police at the police station itself.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A provision has been added to allow the magistrate to grant bail "after hearing the wife", the minister said.</p>