Muslim Women Win Alimony: Supreme Court Decision Frustrates Clergy
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on 10 July 2024 gave a ruling that will henceforth allow divorced Muslim women to seek maintenance from their ex-husbands under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code as per today news headlines in Hindi. The bench also clarified that the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, will not prevent divorced Muslim women from seeking maintenance from their ex-husbands.
The bench consisting of Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih handed out the judgment after hearing the petition of one Abdul Samad from Telengana.
According to top 5 news headlines in Hindi today, Samad’s petition had challenged the ruling of the Telengana High Court that ordered him to pay Rs. 10,000 interim maintenance to his ex-wife.
The Supreme Court bench ruled that under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), a divorced Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband as this section gives this right to all divorced women irrespective of their religion.
The Supreme Court’s order has triggered outrage among the Muslim clergy representing the Sunnis as per breaking news in India today in Hindi live. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) known for its radical Islamist attitude, is making most of the noise.
However, the general secretary of the All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB), Maulana Yasoob Abbas supported the Supreme Court’s ruling and stated that it will be beneficial for divorced women.
Usual suspects, AIMPLB opposing the court’s ruling
As always, it is this body of radical Muslims that are opposing the Supreme Court’s decision by bringing up different types of convoluted arguments, if you look up today news headlines in Hindi.
A member of the AIMPLB, Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali, has come up with the bizarre argument, as per top 5 news headlines in Hindi today. He asks, “When there is no relationship, why should maintenance be paid? In what capacity should a man be responsible for someone with whom he no longer shares a marital bond?”
If such elements are allowed to have their way, then very soon we will have a situation like Pakistan here in India where half-witted medieval Middle Eastern practices will rule.
It is therefore, absolutely necessary to keep these obscurantist elements caged up in their own little fiefdoms of illiteracy, falsehoods, conspiracies, vendettas and treachery.
Why Sharia for just personal law? Why not for criminal law?
When media persons hear the kind of irrational and ridiculous arguments given by AIMPLB’s Mahali, they should immediately ask a counter question – why do these clerics want Sharia just for Muslim personal laws?
Why don’t they want it for Muslim criminal law? Moreover, why do they want just a part of Sharia in their lives? Why not all of Sharia including criminal law with all the harsh penalties like amputations, beheadings, stoning or flogging to death, etc?
The problem with the media persons is that they are mere employees who must save their jobs first before everything else as per breaking news in India today in Hindi live. That is why these Muslim clerics have a free run in the media for their crooked and wicked arguments that should not even be published or broadcasted.
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