On the auspicious day of Tuesday Ashad Vad 13th Vikram Samvant 2075 (30th July 2019) the Rajyasabha (upper house) of the Indian parliament passed The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019.
The Lok Sabha or the Lower House has already approved this bill.This means the end of instant talaq in the Muslim community. With this Bhartiya Muslim women will be freed from the shackles of one sided divorce.
Now Muslim men wanting to divorce their wives will now have to go through proper legal channel to get one and their assets and liabilities will be shared equally.
It also means Bhartiya Muslim women have received swatantra, something that was long overdue.
This is one step towards “one country, one law”.
Bhartiya Muslim women will forever be grateful to the Bharatiya Janta Party for this brave move.
Chuni Chavda
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