Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 432 · Decided 18 June 2020
Rana Nahid @ Reshma @ Sana & ANR. v. Sahidul Haq Chisti
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 432 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 324
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 192/2011
- Decided
- 18 June 2020
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125, 125to128; CPC; Evidence Act; Constitution Article 14, 15; Family Courts Act Section 3, 5, 7
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Chapter IX- ss.125-128 - Petition u/s.125, by divorced Muslim woman - Converted to application u/s.3, 1986 Act by Family Court - Permissibility of - Appellant no.1 and respondent were married as per Muslim rites - out of the wedlock - Alleging cruelty against appellant no.1, appellants filed petition u/s.125, CrPC - Family Court treated it as application u/s.3, 1986 Act and directed respondent to pay maintenance - Order to the extent converting the petition u/s.125, CrPC into application
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