Ministry of Minority Affairs announced Muslim Women Rights Day to commemorate prohibiting triple talaq. It will be celebrated on August 1 across the country every year.
This year it will be the second anniversary of the law against triple talaq. This law against triple talaq came into effect on August 1, 2019.
Triple Talaq was malpractice of saying talaq three times, in order to divorce. This has resulted in a huge rise in divorce cases among the Muslim communities. As of now, Instant divorce is a criminal offence as per the law in effect from August 2019.
The practice of granting instant divorce was followed for ages by the Muslim communities. The center had faced a lot of issues to pass the bill in the Upper House. It finally happened on July 31, 2019.
Today Union Minister for minority affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi credited the BJP with bringing a law against the practice of triple talaq. He said, “Muslim women across the country have overwhelmingly welcomed this law.”
The law has not only improved the lifestyle of Muslim women but has also strengthened “self-reliance, self-respect and, self-confidence”. The women of the community could finally get protected their constitutional, democratic, and fundamental rights by bringing law against the practice.
Union Ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi with Smriti Irani and Bhupender Yadav will attend a programme in New Delhi to observe the 1st Muslim Women Rights Day.
The law, which makes immediate triple talaq illegal, punishes violators with three years of imprisonment and is liable for a fine. The practice of triple talaq is now a cognizable offence this means the police can arrest you without a warrant.
The opposition parties had criticized the administration over the law. They claimed that it discriminated against Muslims. The Centre, on the other hand, claims that it supports Muslim women in achieving gender equality.
The practice of talaq-e-biddat, or a type of divorce predicated on a husband declaring divorce three times in a row, was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in August 2017.
Countries like Egypt, Afghanistan, Turkey, Cyprus, Tunisia, Algeria, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, etc have also banned this malpractice.
