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Rana Nahid @ Reshma @ Sana & Anr. v. Sahidul Haq Chisti

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Bench R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 18 June 2020

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Chapter IX- ss.125-128 – Petition u/s.125, by divorced Muslim woman – Converted to application u/s.3, 1986 Act by Family Court – Permissibility of – Appellant no.1 and respondent were married as per Muslim rites – Appellant no.2-son was born out of the wedlock – Alleging cruelty against appellant no.1, appellants filed petition u/s.125, CrPC – Family Court treated it as application u/s.3, 1986 Act and directed respondent to pay maintenance – Order to the extent converting the petition u/s.125, CrPC into application u/s.3 of the 1986 Act, set aside by High…

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