Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 713 · Decided 9 July 1996
The Secretary, Tamil Nadu Wakf Board and ANR. v. Syed Fatima Nachi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 713 · [1996] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 271
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 687/1996
- Decided
- 9 July 1996
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Muslim Law : Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986: Section 4--Divorced Muslim Woman-Unable to maintain herself and not remarriecf---Provision of maintenance--Liability of State W-akf Boarcf---He/d : Such divorced women not required to file petition in the first ·instance her niaintenance in order to obtain negative orders to 111ove against State Wakf Boarcf---She would be entitled to direct her claim against the Stare Wakf D Board in the first instance and in that proceeding she could plead and prove inability of her relatives in maintaining hei-lf the State WaAf
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