[Reader-list] India on a list of countries which have failed to protect its religious minorities adequately

[A.K. Malik]

Dear Kaul Sahib,
                You are right please. Shah Bano case pertained to maintenance under Sec 125 to a wife after divorce.The Rajiv Gandhi Govt succumbed to pressure from Muslim fundamentalists and enacted the 1986 Act to render the judgement meaningless.Voices in favour of a Uniform Civil Code became more vocal at that time.The Section is still applicable to Hindu divorced women.So it doesn't matter to the Govt. 
Best Regards,

(A.K.MALIK)


--- On Sat, 8/15/09, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] India on a list of countries which have failed to protect its religious minorities adequately
> To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 6:58 PM
> Dear Rakesh
>  
> As far as I know, the Supreme Court judgement in the Shah
> Bano Case had nothing to do with 'single' or 'triple
> talaaq'.
>  
> The case was about alimony/maintenance entitlements after
> divorce.
>  
> The Judgement was in any case rendered meaningless
> by  "The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce)
> Act, 1986"
>  
> Kshmendra
> 
> 
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