Tag: Parliamentary standing committee

Chennai : DMK on Friday demanded that the Bill that seeks to criminalise triple talaq be referred to a Parliamentary standing committee for in-depth consideration in view of the fact that it has a "harsh provision" of three years imprisonment. In a statement, DMK Working President M.K. Stalin said the "haste" with which the Bill was brought in the Lok Sabha and passed with the provision for imprisonment raises questions whether the real intent of the BJP-led central government is protecting the interest of Muslim women. On the contrary, he...