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From: muppala@sunybcs.UUCP (Shankar Muppala)
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Subject: Supreme Court Judgement
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Date: Sun, 8-Dec-85 17:14:39 EST
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In a recent case involving payment of alimony to an ex-wife,
the arguement put forward by the ex-husband was that they were
Muslims and hence don't have to pay alimony according to the
law, but according to their religion. The case was finally
heard and the supreme court tendered a decision in favour of
the lady involved in the divorce.


This case clearly implies that the law does not favour any
religion, but it has been helping the victims of injustice.
What bother's me is that in the 20th century, people still
take recourse to religion for issues such as these. The supreme
court clearly proved that human beings are human beings,
irrespective of the religion they follow.


In another case involving a Hindu couple's divorce, the ex-husband
claimed that the lady was working and hence does'nt need
alimony. But a magistrate pointed out that the income earned
by his ex-wife was not sufficient, hence ordered alimony
payments as well as child support.


In the first case, as a protest to the supreme courts judgement,
about 100,000 people led a peaceful morcha in Bombay. This
just proves that democracy is working in India.** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***