The Congress may oppose a proposed legislation criminalising instant triple talaq if it is in violation of a Supreme Court judgement, party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said
1 min read16 Dec 2017The Supreme Court's triple talaq and right to equality verdicts has stamped a new benchmark for democracy, but the Dera violence in Haryana shows India's social order failed itself in the very first test
3 min read27 Aug 2017The law commission had decided to go slow on its uniform civil code report as the Supreme Court was examining the issue of triple talaq
1 min read27 Aug 2017Triple talaq ruled unconstitutional; right to privacy declared a fundamental right; Donald Trump calls for a bigger Indian role in the Afghan conflict
3 min read26 Aug 2017It fails to establish broader principles about the relationship between freedom of religion and other fundamental rights
4 min read25 Aug 2017Congress MP Husain Dalwai says the first street protest against triple talaq was led by Hamid Dawai and his wife Mehrunnisa, who advanced the cause of reforms within the Muslim community
3 min read24 Aug 2017Mamata Banerjee has maintained silence over the Supreme Court verdict abolishing triple talaq even as one key leader of Trinamool Congress publicly criticised it
1 min read23 Aug 2017But the divorce rate for Muslim men is close to the national average, suggesting that triple talaq is biased against Muslim women in India
1 min read23 Aug 2017The subtext of all these personal laws, regardless of religion, is that women are not equal to men
2 min read23 Aug 2017Petitioner Shayara Bano welcomes Supreme Court's triple talaq verdict, says bring a law on the practice as soon as possible
1 min read23 Aug 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared