Prez Kovind Promulgates Ordinance banning the practice of instant Triple Talaq

New Delhi, September 20: Triple Talaq has got more strength as our President Ram Nath Kovind has promulgated an Ordinance banning the practice of instant Triple Talaq. This was stated by the Ministry of Law and Justice in a Gazette notification on Wednesday evening.

 

Earlier, Union Cabinet had approved an Ordinance Wednesday making instant Triple Talaq a punishable offence with a three-year jail term. While talking on the matter, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, under the Ordinance, the crime will be recognized only when the woman herself or her blood relative files a complaint against the husband. He also said the case may be dropped, if the duo reaches a compromise, but only if the wife approaches the magistrate.

Prasad also said the magistrate can grant the accused bail, on reasonable grounds, but only after hearing his wife. The wife will be given custody of the child and will be entitled to maintenance, as decided by the magistrate.

The Law Minister said, there were a compelling necessity and an overpowering urgency to approve the Ordinance. Prasad said that Triple Talaq was not allowed to be ended by a Parliamentary law because of ambiguity and vacillation of the Congress party for pure vote bank politics.