Parliament Winter Session LIVE Updates: Triple Talaq Bill To Be Tabled In Rajya Sabha Today

Parliament Winter Session Live Updates: Triple Talaq To Be Tabled In Rajya Sabha Today

Parliament Winter Session: Triple Talaq bill will be tabled at the Rajya Sabha today.

New Delhi: After the triple talaq bill was tabled and passed in the Lok Sabha last Thursday, the bill, which is being considered to be 'historic' by many, will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today. On Friday, around 98 private members' bills were introduced in the Rajya Sabha, including one to constitute a board for protection and control of stray cows. The bill was introduced by the BJP's Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel. Another bill to establish two time zones in India for systematic and inclusive administration in the country was introduced by Congress member Gaurav Gogoi. However, today's primary focus will be on the triple talaq bill which seeks to criminalise triple talaq and proposes a three-year jail term for a Muslim man who divorces his wife by uttering the word "talaq" thrice.

Here are the highlights of the winter session of parliament:

Jan 02, 2018

10:23 (IST)

Concerns have been raised that if the law is passed, it would give anyone the right to complain to the police about the "triple talaq" to register a case and arrest the man.

Jan 02, 2018

10:09 (IST)

The tabling of the triple talaq bill may get delayed to Wednesday to give the ruling party an opportunity to try and build consensus on the matter after a long weekend.

Jan 02, 2018

10:01 (IST)

Parties including the Congress, the Left and the AIADMK and DMK, have been in favour of sending the triple talaq bill to a panel of parliamentarians to nuance some provisions of the bill that opposition leaders in Lok Sabha had argued, could end up hurting the interest of Muslim women.

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Parliament Winter Session Live Updates: Triple Talaq To Be Tabled In Rajya Sabha Today

Here are the highlights of the winter session of parliament:

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