Triple Talaq

Instant 'triple talaq', also known as 'talaq-e-biddat', is an instant divorce whereby a Muslim man can legally divorce his wife by pronouncing 'talaq' three times in one go.

Kerela man arrested for pronouncing triple talaq to wife over phone

According to the police officials, Abdul Basith, a native of Mynagappally in the Kollam district, was taken into custody two days ago and placed under 14 days of judicial detention.

Man gives 'triple talaq' to wife for going on a walk alone, booked

The Supreme Court in 2017 struck down triple talaq as unconstitutional and two year later Parliament declared the practice

Ayodhya: Husband burns Muslim woman’s face, gives triple talaq for ‘praising Modi and Yogi’

Mariyam claimed that her husband repeatedly assaulted her, always citing her praise of Modi and Yogi as the reason. Her in-laws supported the abuse, including an incident where her husband poured hot lentils on her face, causing burns.

'Triple talaq law ensures gender justice to married Muslim women': Centre defends law at Supreme Court

Victims of 'triple talaq' have no option but to approach the police... and the police were helpless as no action could be taken against husbands in the absence of punitive provisions in the law, says Centre at top court.

Will SC’s judgement on maintenance for divorced Muslim women be applicable on the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita?

The new criminal laws came into effect in the country on July 1. The three laws were approved by Parliament during the winter session of 2023 and received the President’s assent on December 25, 2023.

SC rules right to maintenance is for all women irrespective of religion, cites Shah Bano verdict

Clearing the confusion arising from the conflict between the personal law and the CrPC rule on divorces especially in the Muslim community. The Apex court ruled that the law is common to all citizens

'Rivals know naya Bharat ghar mein ghus ke marta hai': PM Modi

Lok Sabha elections: "Today, even the enemy is aware that this is new India under Modi which is fearless and takes stern action when the need arises. They know that the new India strikes within enemy territory," he said in an apparent reference to counterstrikes in Pakistan after terror attacks.

No Muslim living in India will lose citizenship, opposition creating confusion: Rajnath Singh on CAA

Emphasizing that the saffron party believes in the concept of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', Rajnath said, "The opposition is trying to create this illusion among our Muslim brothers that they will now be thrown out of the country. I want to tell my Muslim brothers we believe that the world is one family".

BJP's Hindutva leadership freed millions of women from chulhas, Triple Talaq: Ram Madhav

At Network 18's Rising Bharat Summit, Madhav said, 'It is the same Hindutva, which is freeing millions and millions of Muslim women from the curse of Triple Talaq.'

Man gives triple talaq on video call after wife gets her eyebrows shaped

Triple talaq is illegal and is a punishable offence in India under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019.

No bar on granting anticipatory bail for offence committed under 2019 law on triple talaq: Supreme Court

The court noted that under section 3 of the Act, the pronouncement of "triple talaq" by a Muslim husband upon his wife has been rendered void and illegal while section 4 deals with the punishment for the same.

SC seeks response from Centre on plea of AIMPLB challenging Triple Talaq Act

The bench, while hearing a petition filed by Seerath un-Nabi Academy, was annoyed with the number of writ petitions being filed by various individuals and organisations and said there are over 20 petitions pending on the same issue of Triple Talaq.

Triple talaq: Muslim women coming out in large numbers to file FIRs in UP

In a case in Lucknow, a man allegedly gave triple talaq to his wife right inside civil court premises in the presence of her advocate after she refused to accept a chewing gum from him, police said.

Triple talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan ties rakhi to PM Modi

President Ram Nath Kovind had on August 1 gave his assent to Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 passed by Parliament,turning it into a law.

Lok Sabha nod to bill which criminalises instant triple talaq

Several amendments moved by the Opposition were defeated.

Govt defends bill on triple talaq; says must for gender justice

A fresh bill was introduced by the new government in June during the ongoing Parliament session.

Those opposing triple talaq bill doing injustice to Muslim women: Giriraj Singh

The Union government Friday introduced the fresh Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019 which criminalises the practise of triple talaq.

Ruckus in Lok Sabha over Triple Talaq: Know more about this contentious bill

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor also opposed the Triple Talaq ordinance citing that the bill is discriminatory in nature, as it targets only one community- the Muslims.

‘Incidence of women reporting triple talaq dipped after ordinance’

More Qazis are now sending couples in for arbitration instead of simply sending divorce notices, as they would earlier, BMMA co-founder Noorjehan Safia Niaz said.

Union Cabinet approves Triple Talaq Bill, to be introduced in upcoming session of Parliament

With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha last month, the contentious bill had lapsed as it could not be passed by Parliament and was pending in Rajya Sabha.

Citizenship amendment, triple talaq bills lapse

The term of the present Lok Sabha was to end on June 3, but with the election process over, President Ram Nath Kovind dissolved the lower house on May 25.

SC dismisses plea challenging constitutional validity of 'triple talaq' ordinance

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta dismissed a plea of a Kerala-based outfit Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema and said it will not like to interfere.

SC dismisses plea challenging constitutional validity of 'triple talaq' ordinance

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance was first notified on September 19 last year, hours after the Union Cabinet had cleared it.

SC refuses to entertain pleas challenging re-promulgation of 'triple talaq' ordinance

Instant 'triple talaq', also known as 'talaq-e-biddat', is an instant divorce whereby a Muslim man can legally divorce his wife by pronouncing 'talaq' three times in one go.