Muslim divorcee Shayara Bano’s case has brought the Common Civil Code back into the national discourse and and re-started the debate on the Shah Bano case. In 1985, the Supreme Court granted a monthly allowance of Rs250 to the 60-year old destitute Muslim woman but the verdict was trashed by the Government, then led by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who bent backwards under pressure from the conservative Muslim clergy. The Constitution was amended, the judgement thrown in to the dustbin, and Shah Bano left to fend for herself.
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