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Mohd. Ahmad Khan v. Shah Bano Begum [1985], [1] 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 woman.
The wife asked the husband to transfer the house into her sole ownership. He refused to do so. She brought an action in the Chancery Division for a declaration that the house should belong to her and for an order that he should make the conveyance. The judge, Stamp J, made the order; but the husband now appeals to this court.
During their marriage, Spry established several discretionary trusts in which he, his wife, and his children were beneficiaries. In 1998, during marital difficulties, he made a variation to remove himself and his wife. [1] After their separation, Helen Spry filed an application in the Family Court seeking property settlement and maintenance.
Combe v Combe [1951] 2 KB 215 is a famous English contract law case on promissory estoppel.An ex-wife tried to take advantage of the principle that had been reintroduced in the High Trees case to enforce her husband's promise to give her maintenance.
Divorced women are entitled to maintenance from their former husband not only for the iddat period but also to reasonable and fair provisions for future maintenance. S.3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act has to be given under the liberal interpretation to help divorced women. K. Zunaideen v. Ameena Begum (1998) 1 ctc 566 ...
Though he consented to supporting Jeena, "the judgment was silent as to maintenance for Jessica and for the wife." [3] The Family Maintenance Act declares that "[s]pouses and common-law partners have the mutual obligation to contribute reasonably to each other's support and maintenance," and that – while former spouses should seek to become ...
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In a unanimous judgment written by Justice Bess Nkabinde, the Constitutional Court substantially endorsed the reasoning of the lower court: [5] [6] to exclude polygynous Muslim spouses from spousal intestate succession was to discriminate unfairly against them on the grounds of religion, marital status, and gender, all protected grounds in ...