Question

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act is deemed to have come into force on 19 September ______.
1. 2019
2. 2014
3. 2004
4. 2008

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : 2019

The correct answer is 2019.

• The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act is deemed to have come into force on 19 September 2019.

• The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Law and Justice, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad.
• The Bill makes all declarations of talaq, including in written or electronic form, to be void (i.e. not enforceable in law) and illegal. 
• It defines talaq as talaq-e-biddat or any other similar form of talaq pronounced by a Muslim man resulting in instant and irrevocable divorce. 
• Talaq-e-biddat refers to the practice under Muslim personal laws where pronouncement of the word ‘talaq’ thrice in one sitting by a Muslim man to his wife results in an instant and irrevocable divorce.