CutTheClutter: How SC order blunts Rajiv Gandhi’s ’86 ’ShahBano’ Act denying Muslim women alimony under secular law

SC's Shah Bano judgment came under heavy attack in 1985. As SC now upholds Muslim women's right to maintenance under CrPC Section 125, in addition to the entitlements under Muslim personal law, in Episode 1478 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses the latest judgement, its import, political storm caused by the 1985 ruling and why India's journey in Muslim personal law reforms took longer than Pakistan's.----more----Read the Supreme Court judgement here: https://www.sci.gov.in/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_court_pdf&diary_no=35332024&type=j&order_date=2024-07-10&from=latest_judgements_order----more----Read Shekhar Gupta's India Today article here: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/from-the-archives/story/20140915-the-muslims-a-community-in-turmoil-shekhar-gupta-805193-2014-09-08----more----Read Arif Mohammed Khan's interview here: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/from-the-archives/story/20140915-arif-mohammed-khan-my-faith-is-progressive-805190-2014-09-08