Woman who filed plea in Supreme Court hails nod to bill

NEW DELHI: Shayara Bano, the woman who filed the writ petition in Supreme Court after her husband served her instant triple talaq in 2016, said the passage of the bill by

Parliament

will empower Muslim women and galvanise them to take action against the practice.


"The SC verdict was a big victory for the larger cause but still cases were happening. Now that the law will be in place it will instil fear in husbands," she said. Bano, who faced the brunt of the practice after 15 years of marriage, questioned those who feel making the offence punishable would leave the woman a destitute. "What security does a woman have when she is thrown out of the house after instant triple talaq?"

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