The Supreme Court of India is deliberating whether divorced Muslim women can claim maintenance under the Code of Criminal Procedure or should follow the 1986 Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act. The case involves a divorced woman seeking maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC and raises questions about the rights of Muslim women post-divorce.
The Bombay High Court has recently delivered a significant judgment affirming that a divorced Muslim woman retains her right to maintenance from her first husband, as per the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 (MWPA), even if she remarries. This ruling was made by Justice Rajesh Patil, who clarified that the absence […]
