A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih ruled that Section 125 CrPC, which deals with a wife's legal right to maintenance, applies to all women and a divorced Muslim female can ...

New rules have been added to the Code of Criminal Procedure to prevent the filing of false cases and the harassment of innocent people, Law Adviser Prof Asif Nazrul said yesterday. "An amendment to ...

In a judgment of far-reaching implications, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of the CrPC and said the "religion neutral" ...

Divorced Muslim woman can claim maintenance: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a divorced Muslim woman can file a claim for maintenance against her former husband under Section 125 of the ...

The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule upon the government to explain within three weeks why the amended rules of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) empowering the executive magistrates to perform ...

Section 125 of the CrPC applies to all non-Muslim divorced women," the top court said. "Insofar as divorced Muslim women are concerned, - i) Section 125 of the CrPC applies to all such Muslim women, ...