Abenzi bomthetho ku India baphasise umthetho ovimbela ubuqaba Muslim umkhuba owaziwa ngokuthi 'idivosi esheshayo.' Abasekeli balo mthethosivivinywa bathi uzovikela abesifazane abangamaSulumane kuyilapho abagxeki bethi izinhlawulo zawo zinzima kakhulu futhi ziqondise amaSulumane ngokungafanele.

I-'Triple talaq,' njengoba umkhuba owaziwayo futhi eNdiya, ivumela indoda ukuba ihlukane nomkayo ngokumane isho ukuthi “talaq,” igama lesi-Arabhu elisho isehlukaniso, izikhathi ezintathu zilandelana, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngomlomo, ngencwadi noma i-tweet noma umyalezo wombhalo.

Ngo-2017, iNkantolo Ephakeme yase-India yanquma ukuthi lo mkhuba awuhambisani nomthethosisekelo, kodwa umthetho omusha uyakwenqabela ngokuphelele, wesabisa abephula umthetho ngeminyaka emithathu ejele. Umthetho uphasise iNdlu yePhalamende ngoLwesibili, ngamavoti angu-99 kwathi angu-84 aphikisa, ngemuva kokungena esigungwini esingaphansi ngesonto eledlule. Manje ilindele ukugunyazwa nguMongameli waseNdiya uRam Nath Kovind.

Ukuphindwa okuningana komthetho kuhlulekile ukungena ephalamende kusukela inguqulo yokuqala yethulwa yiqembu elibusayo laseNdiya i-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ngo-2017, amanye amalungu ePhalamende aphikisayo ethi isijeziso esihlongozwayo sabenzi bobubi siyeqisa. Iqembu eliphikisayo i-Indian National Congress (INC) likulwile nokuphasiswa kwalo mthetho, kanti amalungu ePhalamende agxekayo azama ehluleka ukubuyisela lo mthetho ekomitini elikhethiwe ngaphambi kokuvota kwangoLwesibili.

I-INC kanye nabanye abaphikisayo baphinde basola i-BJP yesizwe samaHindu ngokukhomba amaSulumane ngalo mthethosivivinywa, bengabaza isidingo somthetho omusha lapho umkhuba wokudivosa wawuvele ungekho emthethweni enkantolo ephakeme yezwe.

"INkantolo Ephakeme yashaya izintambo ezintathu, ... pho siyini isidingo sokwenza into ecatshangwayo ibe yicala?" kusho umholi omkhulu we-INC u-Abhishek Manu Singhvi, ngokusho kwe-India Today, nakuba ummeli wengeze ngokuthi uyaweseka kabanzi umzamo wokuvikela abesifazane.

Umholi omkhulu we-INC u-Raj Babber uphinde wabheka umphumela wevoti “njengokushayisana okukhulu” komthetho womndeni e-India, wengeza ngokuthi “Leli iphutha eliyingqopha-mlando,” kubika i-India Today.

Ngokuphambene nalokho, uSmriti Irani, uNgqongqoshe Wokuthuthukiswa Kwabesifazane Nezingane kanye nommeli walo mthetho, ukuncomile ukuphasiswa kwawo ku-tweet ngoLwesibili, ememezela lo mthethosivivinywa “njengokunqoba kwezigidi zabesifazane abangamaSulumane,” kanye nengxenye “yenguquko yomphakathi.”

UNgqongqoshe Wezomthetho kanye nommeli we-BJP uRavi Shankar Prasad naye uyivikele le ntuthuko, wathi isinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme sangaphambilini besingenele ukuvikela abesifazane.

"Isinqumo sesifikile, kodwa akukho zinyathelo ezithathiwe nge-triple talaq," kusho uPrasad, ngokusho kwe-BBC. "Yingakho silethe lo mthetho, ngoba umthetho uyisivimbelo."

UPrasad wengeze ngokuthi amacala angama-574 'esehlukaniso esisheshayo' abikiwe selokhu kwaphuma isinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme ngo-2017, athe sigcizelela isidingo sokwengezwa komthetho.

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In contrast, Smriti Irani, Women and Child Development Minister and an advocate for the law, praised its passage in a tweet on Tuesday, heralding the bill as a “victory for millions of Muslim women,” and part of a “social revolution.
‘Triple talaq,' as the controversial practice is also known in India, allows a husband to separate from his wife merely by uttering “talaq,” the Arabic word for divorce, three times consecutively, whether verbally, in written form or even through a tweet or text message.
The INC and other opposition figures have also accused the Hindu nationalist BJP of targeting Muslims with the bill, questioning the need for new legislation when the divorce practice was already legally invalidated in the country's highest court.