The government is considering a law that provides for a three-year jail term and fine for Muslim husbands who give their wives instant divorce, or triple talaq, by making the practice — struck down by the Supreme Court recently — a cognisable and non-bailable offence.
In order to give legal teeth to the Supreme Court order holding triple talaq, or talaq-ebiddat, as unconstitutional, the government has prepared adraft law that has been sent to the states for further consultations and comments.
The government is considering a law that provides for a three-year jail term and fine for Muslim husbands who give their wives instant divorce, or triple talaq, by making the practice — struck down by the Supreme Court recently — a cognisable and non-bailable offence.
In order to give legal teeth to the Supreme Court order holding triple talaq, or talaq-ebiddat, as unconstitutional, the government has prepared adraft law that has been sent to the states for further consultations and comments.