The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 seeks to criminalise instant divorce, triple talaq. The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha with most of the leading parties in the Opposition, including the Congress, voting in favour, but with caveats.
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"It is a historic day. We are making history today," Law Minister said.
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Under the draft law, triple talaq in any form -- spoken, in writing or by electronic means such as email, SMS and WhatsApp -- would be bad or illegal and void.
Chidambaram has not been named as an accused in the FIR and the CBI is yet to file a chargesheet in the matter.
Yadav said he had come for conducting a fact finding about acquisition when he was stopped from proceeding.
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Addressing the media soon after the Union Cabinet cleared the ordinance, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad cited compelling necessity for the move as the practice annulled by the Supreme Court continues unabated.
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The NPR data can be used for transparent and efficient delivery of social benefits by linking it with various beneficiary oriented government schemes, they said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier called for consensus in passing the bill.
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One would not think that a Facebook status or a tweet could land you in jail, at least not in India -- the world's largest democracy. However, the reality is a lot more brutal in India, which has a shameful history of locking up its citizens for dissenting viewpoints. According to Mint, at least 50 people have been arrested through 2017 and 2018 for posts on social media. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com presents some of the most prominent cases.
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The Opposition had been opposing provisions of the two bills in Rajya Sabha where the government lacks numbers.
Explaining, the government said that marriage is treated as a sacrament or sacred as per mindset of the Indian society.
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The bill was introduced following a division of votes, with 186 members supporting and 74 opposing it.
The objective behind the move is to "retain the membership of PF subscribers and to address the social security needs at the time of unemployment."
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On paper, as many as 136 members should have opposed the Bill in a House of 241 members, reports Archis Mohan,
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