Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1284 · Decided 4 December 2009
Shabana Bano v. Imran Khan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1284 · [2009] 16 S.C.R. 190
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2309/2009
- Decided
- 4 December 2009
- Bench
- B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, DEEPAK VERMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125; Family Courts Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.125: c Maintenance - Claim by divorced Muslim woman - Jurisdiction of Family Court - Held: Divorced Muslim woman entitled to claim maintenance from her husband under s. 125 CrPC, even after expiry of 'iddat' period, as long as she does not remarry- Beneficial - ss. 7 and 20. Family Courts Act, 1984 - Enactment of - Object and purpose - Discussed. Appellant, a Muslim woman, filed maintenance E petition under s.125 CrPC against her husband (respondent) in the Court of Family Judge. Respondent contested the petition inter a/ia contending that appellant
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