The Supreme Court today (February 19) reserved judgment in a case raising the issue whether a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to file a petition for maintenance under Section 125 CrPC.The Bench of.
In a Muslim man s plea against direction to pay interim maintenance to his divorced wife, the Supreme Court is set to consider the question whether a Muslim woman is entitled to maintain a petition.
The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has taken the natioon by storm as some sections of the society are against it. Also, in the past, the matter on UCC was taken
The issue of personal law running at odds with a woman s rights tore on to the national consciousness in the Mohd Ahmed Khan Vs Shah Bano Begum (1985) case where the SC ordered that maintenance be paid to Khan s first wife Shah Bano beyond the iddat period. The SC order regretted that Article 44 remained a dead letter and questioned the logic of allowing communities to usher in reforms on their own.