Justice Kauser Edappagath was hearing a plea challenging a 2012 family court decision that denied maintenance to a divorced Muslim woman because her ex-husband had already met his obligations under ...

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a Muslim woman, who has been divorced, is legally entitled to recover cash, gold and other articles given to her or her husband by her parents at the time of ...