Instead of a separate law on triple talaq, Centre should have framed a just law for all | The Indian Express

Instead of a separate law on triple talaq, Centre should have framed a just law for all | The Indian Express

Written by Razia Patel |Updated: August 14, 2019 6:45:29 am

The writer is head of the minority cell at the centre for educational studies in Indian Institute of Education, Pune.

Instead of a separate law on triple talaq, Centre should have framed a just law for all

The intention of the Triple Talaq bill was to bring Muslim women into the gamut of secular family laws, which are applicable to all other women from all religions in India. However, the current Act is a far cry from such an objective.

The issue of triple talaq is definitely real in India. For decades, many Muslim women activists have been engaged in a struggle to change discriminatory family laws. (Illustration by: Suvajit Dey)

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019, now a law, has been hailed as a victory for gender justice by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and other supporters of the Bill. The question is: Will this law really provide justice to Muslim women? To answer it, we need to inspect the Bill’s content as well as the intention with which it has been brought in.