#ShahBanoCase
1. Today I will highlight the blatant appeasement at the cost of humanitarian angle and women’s welfare. Shah Bano was married to a lawyer Md Ahmad Khan in 1932 and had five children. At the age of 62 yrs she was disowned by her husband and thrown out ...cont..2 Image
2.of her house in Indore along with her children.She was provided maintenance by the High Court under Sec 125 CrPC but the verdict was challenged in Supreme Court by her husband and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB).What did AIMPLB say in Court? ..cont..3
3. AIMPLB said, “The courts cannot take the liberty to interfere with laws laid out in the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937.” As per Muslim Personal Law, a man must provide maintenance for his ex wife only until the Iddat period (the waiting period ....cont..4
4. of three months a woman must observe after divorce before she marries another man). The five-judge Constitution Bench of SC comprising Chief Justice Y.V. Chandrachud(father of present CJI Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud ), Justices Ranganath Misra, D.A. Desai, ....cont...5
5. O. Chinnappa Reddy and E.S. Venkataramiah on 23 April 1985 upheld the High Court order and provided maintenance to Shah Bano. Ziaur Rahman Ansari was Minister for Environment & Forests in Rajiv Gandhi govt. On the advice of Ansari,MJ Akbar, and Ulemas, & to .....cont..6
6. project that the Cong was with the Muslims,the Rajiv Gandhi govt brought in the Muslim Women (Protection on Divorce Act)1986. As per this Act, husband will be liable for maintenance during the Iddat period(3m) & that the courts only had the power to direct the #WaqfBoard..con7
8. (not ex husband) for providing alimony to an aggrieving wife who is not able to fend for herself. Indian Constitution, justice for women,uniform applicability of Law by SC were all set aside at the altar of appeasement politics by Cong.

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