Supreme Court of India · 2024
Mohd. Abdul Samad v. State of Telangana
Mohd. Abdul Samad v. State of Telangana is a 2024 decision of the Supreme Court awarding Rs 10,000 a month.
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Rs 10,000a month
Award type
Monthly
Marriage lasted
4 years
Claimed under
Outcome
Granted
What the court was looking at
The marriage had run 4 years by the time it reached court, which puts it in the 3 to 7 years bracket.
What the court held
The holdingA divorced Muslim woman may seek maintenance under Section 125 CrPC. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986 provides an additional remedy and does not displace the general one.
Why it is still cited
It closed an argument that had run since 1986 about whether the 1986 Act was exclusive. It is not. Both routes are open, and a claimant may choose.
How it gets misread
Read it with thisIt does not make the two routes identical. Section 3 of the 1986 Act contemplates a lump provision arranged during iddat, while Section 125 produces a monthly order with much sharper enforcement behind it.
Why this one gets cited
Muslim divorced women can claim Section 125.
How it fits the framework
Since Rajnesh v. Neha in 2020, every maintenance order in India is meant to work through the same list of factors: the standard of living the marriage ran at, what the applicant reasonably needs, whether she is qualified and earning, and whether she gave up work for the family. A judgement from 2024 was decided before that list was written down, but the reasoning behind it is the reasoning courts had been applying for decades. There is a fuller account in how maintenance is calculated.
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Ranked by court, then by income bracket and marriage length rather than by date, so the comparison is with cases a court would actually treat as similar. Every row links to its own page.
| Case | Court | Year | Awarded | Claimed under | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajnesh v. Neha & Anr. | Supreme Court of India | 2020 | Rs 15,000Rs 19,452 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Shamima Farooqui v. Shahid Khan | Supreme Court of India | 2015 | Rs 4,000Rs 6,649 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Kiran Jyot Maini v. Anish Pramod Patel | Supreme Court of India | 2024 | Rs 2,00,00,000 | Article 142 | Granted |
| Parvin Kumar Jain v. Anju Jain | Supreme Court of India | 2024 | Rs 5,00,00,000 | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
| Rinku Baheti v. Sandesh Sharda (Rs 12 Cr) | Supreme Court of India | 2024 | Rs 12,00,00,000 | Article 142 | Granted |
Sources
- 2024 INSC 506
- Full text of the judgement on IndianKanoon.
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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