The Union cabinet is learnt to have cleared an ordinance to make the practice of instant triple talaq a penal offence, Law Ministry sources said Wednesday.
The
Union cabinet has cleared an ordinance to make the practice of
instant triple
talaq a penal offence, Law Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad said Wednesday, citing compelling necessity for
the move as the practice annulled by the Supreme Court continues
unabated.
Addressing
a press conference, he accused the Congress party of not cooperating
in the passage of the 'Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage
Bill, pending in the Rajya Sabha, because of vote bank politics.
Citing
details of the ordinance, he said a woman or her blood relative will
have to file a case before a police station to make the offence
cognizable.
The
offence is compoundable. A compromise can also be reached before a
magistrate after the affected woman consents to it, he said.
"It
is my serious charge that despite having a woman leading the
Congress, the did not lend support to the bill," he told
reporters.
Describing
the practice as "barbaric and inhuman", he said nearly 22
countries have regulated triple talaq. However, gender justice was
given a complete go-by in a secular country like India because of
blatant vote bank politics.
"I
will again appeal to Sonia ji that this ordinance has been brought in
the interest of the country to bring gender justice. I appeal to you
to rise above vote bank politics and help pass it in the interest of
justice for women," he told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
The
Union minister also appealed to Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati
and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee to help in the passage
of the bill pending in Rajya Sabha, where the government lacks
numbers. The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill.
The
Supreme Court last year banned the practice. But since the practice
was still prevalent, a bill was brought to make it a penal offence.
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