Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 95 · Decided 3 April 1987
Begum Subanu Alias Saira Banu & ANR. v. A.M. Abdul Gafoor
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 95 · [1987] 2 S.C.R. 773
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 605/1986
- Decided
- 3 April 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, S. NATARAJAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125, 488
Headnote
ALIAS SAil~A BANU & ANR. v. A A.M. ABOtJL GAFOOR --( APRIL 3, 1987 ' (A.P. SEN AND S. NATARAJAN, JJ.) B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1913-Section 125 and Explanation -~ to second proviso of sub-section (3 )-Maintenance-Right of a Muslim wife to live separately and claim maintenance husband to take more than one wife not affected-Scope and effect of. ~ The appellant was married to the respondent on May 11, 1980. A girl was born on May 9, 1981. On grounds of neglect and failure to provide maintenance, the appellant liled a petition under Section 125 of D the Code of Criminal
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