The Supreme Court on July 10 ruled that Section 125 Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) applied to all married women including Muslim married women and they can claim maintenance from their husbands under these provisions.
Hailing the Supreme Court's judgment enabling Muslim women to claim maintenance from their husbands, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said that such a decision is necessary as it brings social harmony and is equal for all religions.
"Narayan Singh Kushwaha said that women should make their husbands sit at home and make them drink alcohol. What is the message? The message is that this government wants to keep the state intoxicated. On one hand there is discussion about prohibition of alcohol, de-addiction and on the othe
Narayan Singh Kushwaha, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, made the remark while addressing a Nasha Mukti Abhiyan program in the state capital Bhopal.
The funds were sourced from their household budgets, earnings from agricultural activities, goat rearing, and even a day's wage earned by their husbands.
Despite the Chinese government's efforts to cut down on public attention on human rights cases in the country, the wives of dissidents who were arrested in April have been advocating for their husbands globally to raise awareness about human rights abuses in China.
American actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks recalled working for singer and actor Cher and recalled delivering a bag to Cher's room while she was with one of her rock-and-roll husbands.
In Punjab's Kapurthala city, several cases of women involved in the drug trade have come to the fore. With husbands in prison, their wives have stepped into the drug trafficking, continuing the illicit narcotics trade in the city.
The bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula on Wednesday after noting down the submissions, sought response from the Union of India, Delhi Government and Delhi Police and fixed the matter for further hearing on November 22.