The Bill advocates the cause of the women who are victims of instant divorce in India. Now that the bill is passed, it bans the practice of instant Triple Talaq in Islam.

A total of 303 votes were cast in favor of clearing the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha, while 82 votes were cast against it.

All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) and several other women’s rights groups have collectively written a letter to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to expressing their concern against criminalisation of triple talaq. “We are extremely surprised that neither the Muslim women nor women’s organisations or the others concerned with the issue were consulted before […]