After the Lower and the Upper House passed the Triple Talaq Bill, President Ram Nath Kovind on August 1, gave his go-ahead which made the practice of giving instant triple talaq a criminal offence.
The writer is a chartered accountant and former member of the boards of public sector banks and corporations.
Earlier this month, a woman's nose was allegedly cut off by her in-laws after she refused to withdraw her triple talaq case in UP's Sitapur.
The women sent hand-made 'rakhis' to Modi and called him their elder brother who protected them from the evil practice of triple talaq.
Earlier, the Lower and Upper House passed the controversial Triple Talaq Bill and made the practice of instant triple talaq a criminal offence.
The controversial bill seeks to make the practice 'void and illegal and an offence punishable with imprisonment up to three years and fine'.
Amid massive uproar from the opposition, the Triple Talaq bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Friday, that seeks to make the practice 'void and illegal'.
A ruckus erupted in Lok Sabha earlier today when the Government and Opposition clashed over the fresh Triple Talaq bill.
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad defended the bill saying that it was about justice and women empowerment and will protect the rights of Muslim women.
The bill seeks to declare the practice of triple talaq as void and illegal and makes it an offence punishable with imprisonment up to three years and fine.
