A step which can be seen as a major move towards women empowerment, the cabinet today approved an ordinance that seeks to make Triple talaq or instant divorce an offense.
What does the Triple Talaq bill entail:
The bill makes the pronouncement of talaq-e-biddat "void and illegal." According to clause 3 of the Bill, "Any pronouncement of talaq by a person upon his wife, by words, either spoken or written or in electronic form or in any other manner whatsoever, shall be void and illegal."
This bill, which makes instant triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat a punishable offence, follows the Supreme Court judgment on August 22, 2017 in the case of Shayara Bano vs. Union of India.
The core component of the ordinance is that the offence will be cognizable only when the FIR is filed by the victim wife or her close relations by blood or marriage.
