V Abhinav Deep Dora & V Vijay Lakshmi

From Shah Bano to Mohd Abdul Samad: The Supreme Court’s role in safeguarding Muslim women’s maintenance rights

The Hon’ble Supreme Court (SC) of India has demonstrated time and again that it is willing to take the lead in defending the rights of the vulnerable and Muslim women in particular and repeatedly affirmed that Muslim women may apply for maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC as the procedural legislation...