MUMBAI: The Trial, Rana Naidu, and The Family Man director Suparn S. Varma will direct a movie based on Shah Bano Begum's court case. The Shah Bano Begum case Vs Mohd. Ahmad Khan case, commonly known as the Shah Bano Begum case, is regarded as a significant case in Independent India. Suparn is finalizing the cast and crew and has locked the script.
A director who has won a national award will be brought in to oversee the work in the interim. In 1978, the husband of Indore, Madhya Pradesh-born Shah Bano Begum filed for divorce. She successfully sued her husband for criminal charges in the Supreme Court, obtaining the right to receive alimony from him.
However, some Muslim politicians launched a campaign to get the ruling overturned in response to criticism of the decision. A few Muslim scholars used the Qur'an to demonstrate how the ruling went against Islamic law. The extent to which different religions in India had different civil codes was the subject of dispute.
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 was passed by the then-whole majority Congress government, undermining the Supreme Court's ruling by limiting Muslim divorcees' access to alimony from their former spouses for a mere ninety days following the divorce.
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Credit- Republic.com