E&E News-Shikha Verma 10/08/2018
The Bill passed by the Lok Sabha will have to wait till the winter session for it to become law.
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, or the Triple Talaq Bill, was not taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, Chairperson M. Venkaiah Naidu informed the House during the latter half of the session.
Friday being the last day of the monsoon session of Parliament, the Bill passed by the Lok Sabha will have to wait till the winter session for it to become law.
The Bill that prohibits divorce of Muslim couples by pronouncing 'talaq' back-to-back thrice by their husbands, was passed in the Lok Sabha on December 28, 2017.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved three crucial amendments to the Bill, including a provision for bail to an accused before the start of the trial. This was one of the three demands put forth by the Congress to support the Bill.
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