https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182939 A divorced Muslim wife's maintenance under Section 125 CrPC cannot be cancelled under Section 127(3)(b) unless the amount received on divorce under customary or personal law is a real and sufficient substitute for maintenance. The Court construed Sections 125 to 127 as a scheme to prevent destitution and held that mahr or iddat payment must bear a realistic relation to maintenance liability; a nominal or illusory sum is insufficient. Applying Bai Tahira as binding law under Article 141, the Court rejected the view that mere payment on divorce automatically extinguishes the maintenance entitlement, and held that continuing liability remained where the payment did not discharge that statutory purpose. en-us Thu, 08 May 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 May 2016 12:50:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182939 A divorced Muslim wife's maintenance under Section 125 CrPC cannot be cancelled under Section 127(3)(b) unless the amount received on divorce under customary or personal law is a real and sufficient substitute for maintenance. The Court construed Sections 125 to 127 as a scheme to prevent destitution and held that mahr or iddat payment must bear a realistic relation to maintenance liability; a nominal or illusory sum is insufficient. Applying Bai Tahira as binding law under Article 141, the Court rejected the view that mere payment on divorce automatically extinguishes the maintenance entitlement, and held that continuing liability remained where the payment did not discharge that statutory purpose. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 08 May 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182939