The Supreme Court has ruled that a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to seek alimony from her husband under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

This significant judgment was delivered by a bench comprising Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Augustine George Masih, who dismissed a Muslim man's petition challenging the directive to pay maintenance to his divorced wife under CrPC.

"We are hereby dismissing the criminal appeal with the major conclusion that Section 125 would be applicable to all women and not just married women," Justice Nagarathna said. Justice Nagarathna and Justice Masih delivered separate, but concurrent, judgments.