The Times Of India | Dec 28, 2017 , 17:01:23 IST

Live Blog: Winter Session of Parliament

The BJP-led central government has introduced a legislation in the Lok Sabha to make instant triple talaq illegal amid opposition by members of different parties. Stay with TOI for live updates
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04:59 PM (IST)

"The Central government's approach is based on their political interests. They don't have anything to do with Muslim women; they are only doing it for political gains," Zafaryab Jilani, AIMPLB member told ANI.

04:52 PM (IST)

"The bill should have been passed long ago. Muslim women have been struggling for their constitutional rights for decades," Naqvi told reporters outside Parliament.

04:51 PM (IST)

We completely support this bill, says Ravindra Babu Pandula, TDP

04:46 PM (IST)

Women are the biggest minority in the country; all of us should come together and codify Muslim Law, says Meenakshi Lekhi, BJP

04:43 PM (IST)

We always pass bills but forget about implementation. This is where we go wrong.: Tathagata Satpathy, Biju Janata Dal

04:05 PM (IST)

Will the government create a corpus to provide maintenance to divorced women waiting for compensation?: Sushmita Dev, Congress

03:40 PM (IST)

Argument in favour of the Bill: Bill ensures for larger constitutional goals of gender justice and equality.

03:31 PM (IST)

I thank Kharge ji for supporting the Govt on Triple Talaq Bill , whatever suggestions they have they should tell us here, if fine we can incorporate them in the law.

Ravi Shankar Prasad
03:27 PM (IST)

Bill is an interference in Muslim Personal Law: Mallikarjun Kharge

03:26 PM (IST)

All of us are supporting this bill, but there are certain lacunae which should and can be rectified in the standing committee, we can sit together and sort out in a time bound manner: Mallikarjun Kharge,Congress in Lok Sabha

03:22 PM (IST)

Need clarity on certain provisions in the Bill: Rahul Gandhi

03:22 PM (IST)

The Centre must drop penal provisions in the Bill: NCP

03:21 PM (IST)

The issue is of gender equality, not of religion and faith.

Ravi Shankar Prasad
03:19 PM (IST)

Triple Talaq Bill is arbitrary and inconsistent, it lacks legal coherence and it violates fundamental rights. It also lacks legislative competence.

Asaduddin Owaisi
03:18 PM (IST)

When Islamic countries have regulated provisions of Triple Talaq then why can't we a secular nation do it? We are not interfering in Shariat.

RS Prasad in Lok Sabha
03:14 PM (IST)

About 100 cases of Triple Talaq have come to light: Ravi Shankar Prasad in Lok Sabha

03:10 PM (IST)

Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad makes government's stand clear.

03:08 PM (IST)

We must understand the pain of Muslim women. Today morning I read news that a woman in Rampur was given talaq by her husband just because she woke up late.

RS Prasad
03:05 PM (IST)

Discussion on Tripple Talaq Bill underway in Lok Sabha

02:54 PM (IST)

Talaq in some other countries

02:53 PM (IST)

Talaq in some other countries

02:43 PM (IST)

All Muslim women must have right to equality.

Ravi Shankar Prasad
02:42 PM (IST)

Laws to protect women exist already.

Asaduddin Owaisi
02:40 PM (IST)

Don't Muslim women have Fundamental Rights? Need to end injustice against Muslim women.

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
02:36 PM (IST)

Teen Talaq Bill demolishes Muslim community.

Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM MP
02:32 PM (IST)

The Bill only aims to make Hindu fanatic happy: Samajwadi Party

02:16 PM (IST)

'This is a historic day, victims have been rewarded for their patience'

02:07 PM (IST)

People who run the Muslim Personal Law Board by remote control are the ones opposing it in the Parliament: Mohsin Raza, UP minister on Triple Talaq Bill

02:07 PM (IST)

Congress will support Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament but will raise the issue of criminal provisions in the bill: Sources

12:58 PM (IST)

He also said that talaq-e-biddat has been banned in many Muslim-majority countries and took a dig at parties opposing the bill.

12:58 PM (IST)

Earlier today during BJP parliamentary party meeting, Prasad said that the Bill proposes to declare pronouncement of talaq-e-biddat (three pronouncements of talaq at one go) by Muslim husbands void and illegal in view of the Supreme Court verdict.

12:50 PM (IST)

Triple Talaq Bill: Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad responds to opposition in Lok Sabha.

12:47 PM (IST)

This law is for women's rights & justice & not regarding any prayer, ritual or religion: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in Lok Sabha on Triple Talaq Bill

12:42 PM (IST)

This bill is flawed, there are many internal contradictions in the Bill.

BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab in Lok Sabha
12:38 PM (IST)

Triple Talaq Bill violates fundamental rights & lacks legal coherence: Asaduddin Owaisi

12:26 PM (IST)

Govt is making efforts to find a permanent solution to Kulbhushan Jadhav issue through ICJ.

Sushma Swaraj in Lok Sabha
12:21 PM (IST)

Thank God they didn't say that there was a bomb in her (Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife) shoes! If for security reasons she was made to take off shoes, they should have returned them when she was leaving but no, they had to commit some sort of cruelty: Sushma Swaraj in Lok Sabha

12:20 PM (IST)

The meeting was started in absence of the Deputy High Commissioner, if he would have seen how clothes of the family members were changed, he would have registered protest there and then: Sushma Swarah in Lok Sabha

12:13 PM (IST)

It was specifically agreed upon by both sides that media will not be allowed to come close to the family but Pakistani press not only came close to them but also harassed them & hurled taunts at them: EAM Sushma Swaraj in Lok Sabha

12:13 PM (IST)

Sushma Swaraj delivers statement on Kulbhushan Jadhav in Lok Sabha.

12:07 PM (IST)

Venkaiah Naidu said the House also urges the international community to condemn Pakistan's attitude.

12:07 PM (IST)

Later, Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said the entire House calls upon the government to take steps for the safe, secure release of Jadhav.

12:04 PM (IST)

Leaders of all political parties in the House condemned the Pakistani attitude.

12:03 PM (IST)

Sushma Swaraj also expressed lament that Pakistan authorities allowed media to come close to Jadhav's family members despite agreement that they would not do so.

12:01 PM (IST)

The government had earlier successfully stalled Jadhav's death sentence through a "farcical trial": Sushma Swaraj

11:38 AM (IST)

Misbehaviour of Pakistan with wife & mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav was misbehaviour with all Indians. Regardless of political differences, when it comes to nation's dignity & another country misbehaves with our mothers & sisters, it will not be tolerated: GN Azad, Congress in RS

11:31 AM (IST)

KulbhushanJadhav's mother was not allowed to speak in Marathi, 2 Pakistani officials present in the meeting kept stopping her repeatedly but when she continued, the intercom was switched off.

Sushma Swaraj
11:30 AM (IST)

Jadhav Ji's mother who only wears a saree was forced to wear salwar-kurta. Bindi, bangles & mangalsutras of both mother & wife were removed. Both the married women were made to look like widows.

Sushma Swaraj in Rajya Sabha
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