Danial Latifi v. Union of India, AIR 2001 SC 3958 Table Of Contents Case Name- Danial Latifi vs Union of India CITATION- AIR 2001 SC 3958 DECIDED ON- 28 th Sept. 2001 BENCH- G.B. Pattanaik, S. Rajendra Babu, D.P. Mohapatra, Doraiswamy Raju, Shivraj V. Patil FACTS IN BRIEF In this case, the constitutional validity of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 was challenged before the Supreme Court. The Act was passed to appease a particular section of the society and with the intention of making the decision in case of Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum ineffective. In the Shahbano’s case , the husband had appealed against the judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which had directed him to pay to his divorced wife Rs. 179/- per month, enhancing the paltry sum of Rs. 25 per month originally granted by the Magistrate. The parties had been married for 43 years before the ill and...