Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 416 · Decided 1 October 2002
Shamim Ara v. State of U.P. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 416 · [2002] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 19
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 465/1996
- Decided
- 1 October 2002
- Bench
- R.C. LAHOTI, P. VENKATARAMA REDDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 125-Claimfor maintenance ly Muslim wife-Husband taking a plea of divorce in written statement without A B any proof of talaq-Family court and High Court holding it as talaq-On C appeal, held mere plea of divorce taken in written statement cannot be treated followed by delivery of a copy thereof to the wife-Thus marriage does not dissolve and wife entitled to maintenance. Words and Phrases: 'Pronounce '-Meaning of-Discussed D Appellant-wife filed an application for mainte'nance complaining desertion and cruelty on the part of her husband,
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