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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has given an important decision in favor of Muslim women suffering from divorce. A woman divorced by her husband is entitled to alimony. A woman can ask for compensation from her divorced husband. The law is the same for all religions. The Supreme Court has expressed the opinion that the law is not limited to any religion. The court said that Muslim women who are divorced can ask for alimony like everyone else.
When the Supreme Court delivers its verdict, Muslim women can file a petition in the court for relief from their husbands under Section 125 of the CrPC. A bench of Justices N. B. V. Nagarathna and Augustine George Messiah delivered the verdict. A Muslim woman can go to court to get alimony. It is her legitimate right. The bench said that a husband who divorces his wife will have to pay alimony.
Context of the Muslim Women Act 1986
A young man from Hyderabad had filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Telangana High Court. The petition said that a divorced Muslim woman is not entitled to get alimony from her husband. The division bench hearing the petition said that according to the Muslim Women Act, 1986, a divorced woman is entitled to maintenance. This rule should be followed. This law has been made regarding the rights of divorced women in the country. The law has no religion and it is equal for everyone. The court said that she is entitled to maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC.
What does Section 125 say?
Under section 125, you have to provide maintenance to your financially dependent people. These laws apply to all Indians with equal rights for all religions.