Landmark case · Family Law – II (Muslim Law and Other Personal Laws) · Semester 2

Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum

AIR 1985 SC 945 · Supreme Court of India

Muslim personal law is applied subject to statutory law; the Court traced marriage and maintenance to both the Shariat and secular statute.

From topic

Sources and schools of Muslim law; nikah — Unit I, Family Law – II (Muslim Law and Other Personal Laws).

Related sections:

Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, 2 — Application of personal law to Muslims
Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, 3 — Power to make a declaration