AFTER YEARS OF POLITICAL WRANGLING, THE TRIPLE TALAQ BILL WAS PASSED IN THE RAJYA SABHA TODAY.THE OPPOSITION PARTIES HAD DESCRIBED THE BILL AS "UNCONSTITUTIONAL" AND EMPHASISED THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REFERRED TO A SELECT COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT FOR FURTHER SCRUTINY.BUT BILL WAS PASSED WITH 99 'AYES', AND 84 'NOES' BILL WILL NOW GO TO PRESIDENT FOR HIS NOD, FOLLOWING WHICH THE PRACTICE OF INSTANT DIVORCE AMONG MUSLIMS WILL BE OUTLAWED.
