TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ On the last day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament today, the much-debated Triple Talaq Bill will be tabled in Rajya Sabha. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi joined her party leaders and leaders from other parties like the CPI-M, RJD and AAP outside Parliament House demanding a JPC on the Rafale deal.
Breaking her silence on the Triple Talaq Deal, Sonia said, “Our party’s position is absolutely clear on this, I will not say anything on this further.” The Congress has opposed the criminality aspect in the BIll. Yesterday, the Union Cabinet approved an amendment to the bill and proposed three changes in the Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill, 2017.
First, only the victim, a blood relation or relation by marriage are allowed to lodge an FIR in the case. Second, the case can be dropped if husband and wife agree to settle their differences and third, a magistrate can grant bail to men found guilty of giving instant triple talaq to their wives. However, the offence still remains non-bailable. If the amended bill is passed in the upper house, it will have to go back to Lok Sabha for approval of the amendments.
