The Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriages) Bill 2017. Which of the…
The correct choice is: “I and IV” The Bill passed by the Lok Sabha on 28 December 2017 (after the Supreme Court’s Shayara Bano judgment of August 2017) declared instant…
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The Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriages) Bill 2017. Which of the following are true about it?
I. It declares instant triple talaq illegal and criminalizes it.
II. It makes declaration of talaq a bailable offence.
III. A husband declaring talaq can be imprisoned for up to two years along with a fine.
IV. It entitles Muslim woman against whom triple talaq has been declared to seek subsistence allowance from her husband for herself and for her dependent children.
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Correct answer A
The correct choice is: “I and IV”
The Bill passed by the Lok Sabha on 28 December 2017 (after the Supreme Court’s Shayara Bano judgment of August 2017) declared instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) by any means void and illegal, and made it a punishable offence (I true). It made the offence cognizable and non-bailable, not bailable (II false), and prescribed imprisonment up to three years and a fine, not two years (III false). It entitled the wife to a subsistence allowance from the husband for herself and her dependent children, and to custody of minor children (IV true). So only I and IV are correct. (The later Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 kept these features but allows a magistrate to grant bail after hearing the wife.)
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