28/12/2025
A landmark Supreme Court decision has significant implications for the rights of divorced Muslim women in India and this article explores why it matters.
The petitioner before the Supreme Court, Rousanara Begum and S.K. Salahuddin, got married on 28 August 2005. But shortly after marriage, discord developed, and Rousanara left her matrimonial home on 7 May 2009. She filed for maintenance under Section 125