Supreme Court · 1985 INSC 97 · Decided 23 April 1985
MOHD. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1985 INSC 97 · [1985] 3 S.C.R. 844
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 103/1981
- Decided
- 23 April 1985
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, D.A. DESAI, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, RANGANATH MISRA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 127(3)(b), 125; Constitution
Headnote
;r- Mus/im Personal Law-Concept of dfrorce-Whether, oii the pronounce- -...,, D E F ments of "taliq" and on the expiry of the period ofiddat 'fl divorced wife ceases to be a wife, Codeo/Crimina!Procedure Code, 1973 (Act ]/Of 1974) Sections 125(1) (a) and Explanation (b) thereunder, under the proviso thereto and section 121 (3) (b), scope and interpretation oi-Correctness of three Judges.' Bench decision reported in (1979) 2 SCR 75 dnd (/980) 3 SCR 1127 to the effect that section 12.5 of the code applies to Muslims and divorced Muslim wife is entitled to
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