New Delhi: The Supreme Magistrate has given a very important visualization regarding the rights of Muslim women without divorce. The magistrate said that all property given to a woman or her husband at the time of marriage—be it gold, cash, jewellery or household items—will be considered the woman's property, and it is her right to get it when without divorce.
This visualization has come on a specimen in which the Calcutta High Magistrate had refused to return the household items to the wife. The Supreme Magistrate not only tabbed the High Court's visualization wrong but moreover said that it was versus both women's rights and the sense of justice.
What will be considered a woman's property?
The magistrate made it well-spoken that whatever items were given by both the families on the occasion of marriage –
• Gold and silver,
• cash,
• Clothes-jewellery,
• Furniture and household items,
• or other gifts —
All these are personal property of the woman. Without divorce the husband does not have the right to alimony them.
Why did SC reprimand?
The Calcutta High Magistrate had older said that “household goods” given in marriage cannot be returned to the woman. The Supreme Magistrate considered it completely wrong and said that this visualization hurts the principles of nobility and equality of women.
Big message from the court—women's rights do not end plane without divorce
The Supreme Magistrate moreover said that divorced Muslim women are entitled to their property in the same way as women of any other religion. This visualization strengthens the economic rights of women and ensures that they do not struggle for their own things without divorce.
What will be the effect of the decision?
This visualization will provide unconfined support to those women wideness the country who make rounds of courts for years to get their things without divorce. This stance of the Supreme Magistrate gives a well-spoken message that no matter what the personal laws are, the nobility of women and their rights cannot be compromised. This is stuff considered as a strong step towards economic security and equality for Muslim women.
