Shah-Bano-eng

Shah Bano, MW Act, and Mataa
23. Considering all the aspects we finally hold that a person after
divorcing his wife is bound to maintain her on a reasonable scale
beyond the period of iddat for an indefinite period, that is to say, till
she loses the status of a divorcee by remarrying another person.
24. In the result this Rule is disposed of without cost on the terms
that the judgment and decree dated 20.4.92 passed by the learned
District Judge, Comilla, in Family Appeal No. 2 of 1991 are set aside
and those dated 30.10.90 passed by the learned Judge of the Family
Court and the learned Assistant Judge, Daudkandi, in Family Court
Suit No. 60 of 1988 are restored with the modification that the
plaintiff-opposite party No. 1 Shamsun Nahar Begum and the
plaintiff-opposite party No. 2 Shaon Mia shall get maintenance at
Taka 1,000.00 each per month from the defendant-petitioner Md.
Hefzur Rahman till respectively she remarries and he attains majority.
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