In a significant ruling reinforcing the financial rights of divorced Muslim women, the Patna High Court has held that even after a divorce, a Muslim woman can claim maintenance from her former husband under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), if the one-time settlement or iddat period payment is insufficient to sustain her.
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