Atiya Sabri with her daughters
MEERUT: In yet another victory for Atiya Sabri, one of the six petitioners in the Supreme Court against instant triple talaq, a family court in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur has directed her estranged husband to give her a monthly maintenance of Rs 21,000 so that she can raise her two daughters. The trial lasted over five years; in between Atiya had also petitioned the Supreme Court which outlawed the 1,400-year-old practice in August 2017, already banned in at least 22 countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Besides the alimony, Atiya will also get an arrear of Rs 13.4 lakh as the case had been filed more than five years ago.