The triple talaq ordinance, which seeks to make the practice of instant divorce a penal offence, will lapse later this month as a bill to convert it into a law is stuck in the Rajya Sabha.
According to police station in-charge, the couple had been married for 10 years and they have two children.
Under the proposed ordinance, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.
The union cabinet has cleared the ordinance to make instant triple talaq a penal offence, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, citing a compelling necessity for the move as the practice continues unabated.
The Supreme Court had declared instat triple talaq illegal and unconstitutional in August last year and had asked the Government to bring a law against the practice.
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