Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
Lawsuit
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Mohd. Ahmad Khan v. Shah Bano Begum [1985], commonly referred to as the Shah Bano case, was a controversial maintenance lawsuit in India, in which the Supreme Court delivered a judgment favouring maintenance given to an aggrieved divorced Muslim... Wikipedia
Date decided: April 23, 1985
Ruling court: Supreme Court of India
Citation(s): 1985 (1) SCALE 767; 1985 (3) SCR 844; 1985 (2) SCC 556; AIR 1985 SC 945
Decided: 23 April 1985
Judges sitting: Y. V. Chandrachud (Chief Justice), Rangnath Misra, D A Desai, O Chinnappa Reddy, E S Venkataramiah
Prior action(s): Criminal Revision No. 320 of 1979, Madhya Pradesh High Court