Shah Bano Case 1985: How One Woman Changed India’s Legal Landscape
Shah Bano Case 1985: On a rainy day in Indore in 1978, a 62-year-old Muslim woman named Shah Bano Begum did something extraordinary: she challenged her husband, a prominent lawyer, seeking maintenance after divorce. Her case would escalate to the Supreme Court of India in 1985, and become a milestone in the fight for women’s … Read more