Tag: Muslim Women

By Muslim Mirror Desk In a significant judgment on July 10, the Supreme Court affirmed that Muslim women are entitled to seek maintenance from their husbands under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The Bench, comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih, dismissed a petition from a Muslim man challenging the directive to pay interim maintenance to his divorced wife under this section. The Court ruled that the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 does not override the secular provisions of the CrPC. Justices...