Landmark case · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Juvenile Justice and Probation · Semester 5
Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
AIR 1985 SC 945 · Supreme Court of India
A divorced Muslim woman unable to maintain herself is entitled to maintenance under section 125 CrPC (BNSS 144); the provision is secular and overriding.