1985 CE · law constitution governance
Shah Bano Maintenance Judgment
In *Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum*, decided on 23 April 1985, the Supreme Court upheld the right of a divorced Muslim woman who was unable to maintain herself to claim maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The judgment triggered an intense political debate about gender justice, Muslim personal law and the relationship between religious law and secular criminal procedure.
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