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LIST OF CASES

A v. B ILR 21 Bom 77
A v. B 1953 Bom LR 486
A Jayachandra v. Aneel Kaur AIR 2005 SC 534
A.G. Ramachandran v. Shamsunnissa Bibi AIR 1977 Mad 182
Abdul v. Amina bai (1935)59 Bom 426
Abdul Ahad v. Mst Shah Begum and others AIR 1997 J & K 22
Abdul Gani v. Azizul Haq ILR 39 Cal 409
Abdul Kadar v. Talib Begum AIR 1957 Mad 339
Abdul Kadir v. Salima (1886) 8 All 149 (FB)
Abdul Latif v. Niaz Ahmad (1903) 31 All 343
Abdul Piroj Khan v. Hussain Bi (1904) 6 Bom LR 728
Abdool Razak v. Aga (1893) 21 IA 56
Abdul Rahiman v. Aminabai (1934) 59 Bom 426
Abdul Rehman Kutty v. Aisha Beevi AIR 1960 Ker 101
Abdullah Dar v. Mst Noori AIR 1964 j & K 60
Ahmad Kasim v. Khatun Bibi 1933 Cal 27 at p.32
Ahmad Suleman v. Mst Bai Fatima AIR 1931 Bom 76
Aina Devi v. Bachan Singh and another AIR 1981 All 174
Ali v. Rehmani (1972)74 PLR 869
Alka Sharma v. Abhinesh Chandra Sharma AIR 1991 MP 201
Amrithammal v. vallimayil Ammal AIR 1942 Mad 693
Andal Vaidyanathan v. Abdul Allam 1947 Mad 175
Annapurna Devi v. Nabakishore Singh AIR 1965 Ori 72
Anna Saheb v. Tarabai AIR 1970 MP 36
Asha Srivastava v. R.K. Srivastava AIR 1981 Del 252
Ashraf Ali v. Asad Ali (1871)16 WR 260 (Cal)
Asharfod Dowlah v. Hyder Hussain (1886) 11 MIA 94
Aysha v. Mohd. Yunus AIR 1938 Pat 604
Ayub Hassan v. Mst. Akhtari AIR 1963 All 525
Aziz v. Mt. Naro and others AIR 1955 HP 32
Aziz Bano v. Mohammed Ibrahim (1925)47 All 823
B.S. Mohankumar v. B.K. Nirmala (2005)1 HLR 117 (Kant DB)
Bachchoo v. Bismillah (1936) All LJ 302
Bahadur Singh v. Kartar Singh 1950 MB1: l Madh BLR 425
Bai Fatima v. Munna Miranji AIR 1957 453
Bakh Bibi v. Quim Din 1934 Lah 907
Balbir Kaur v. Maghar Singh AIR 1984 P&H 417
Balwinder Singh v. Gurupal Kaur AIR 1985 Delhi 14
Bamption v. Bamption (1952)2 All ER 766
Banne Saheb v. Abida Begum AIR 1922 Oudh 251
Barnett v. Barnett (1957)1 All ER 388
Bashiran v. M. Hussain AIR 1941 Oudh 284
Bashir-un-nissa v. Bunyad Ali 50 IC 677
Bathula iylaiah v. Bathula Devamma AIR 1981 AP 74
Bawi v. Nath AIR 1970 J&K 130
Begum Subanu v. A.M. Abdul Gafoor AIR 1987 SC 1103
Bibi Rehana Khatun v. Iqtidar-uddin, AIR 1943 All. 184
Bimla Devi v. Singh Raj AIR 1977 P&H 167
Bismilla v. Nur Md. (1921)44 All 61
C.S. Rangbhattar v. Choodamani AIR 1992 AP 103
Chand Bi v. Bandesha AIR 1961 Bom 121
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Chandramani Dubey v. Dubey AIR 1951 All 529

Charan Singh Harman Singh v. Gurdial Singh AIR 1961 Punj 301 (FB)
Commissioner of Income Tax Andhra Pradesh v. Nawab Mir Barkat-
Ali Khan AIR 1991 SC 331
Dr. A.N. Mukerji v. state AIR 1969 All 489
Dr. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal v. Smt. Anju Raje AIR 2010 (NOC) 442 (P &H)
Debal Kumar Bakshi v. Smt. Bithi Bakshi AIR 2010 (NOC) 437 (Cal)
Deivanai Achi and another v. Chidambaram Chettiar and others
AIR 1954 Mad 657
Dilshada Masood v. Gh. Mustaffa AIR 1986 J&K 80
Dukhtar Jahan v. Mohammed Farooq AIR (1987)1 SCC 624
Durga Prasanna Tripathy v. Arundhati Tripathy AIR 2005 SC 3297
Durgabai v. Kedarmal Sharma 1980 HLR 166
Fatima Bibi v. Mohd. Mohideen 1971 (1) MLJ 451
Feteh Muhammed v. Abdul Rahman AIR 1931 Lah 223
Foolchand v. Nazib (1909)36 Cal 184
G. V. G. (Gudivada Venkateswara Rao v. Smt. Gudivada--
Nagamani AIR 1962 AP 151 AP
Gagandeep Gupta v. Dr. Sonika Gupta AIR 2010 (NOC) 543 (P&H)
Ganeshji v. Hastuben 1967 Guj LR 966
Ghulam Kubra v. M. Shafi (1960)64 CWN 756
Ghulam Mohyuddin v. Khizr Hussain AIR 1929 Lah 6
Ghulam Sakina v. Falak Sher AIR 1950 Lah 45
Gopal kishan v. Mithilesh kumari AIR 1979 All 316
Goshawk v. Gushawk (1965) 109 SJ 290
Govind Dass v. Kuldeep Singh AIR 1971 Del 151
Gulam Mohd. Khan v. Hasina AIR 1988 J&K 62
Ghulam Sakina v. Falak Sher AIR 1950 Lah 45
H.T. Veera Reddi v. Kistamma AIR 1969 Mad 235
Habib-ur-Rahman v. Altaf Ali AIR1922 PC 159
Hafizan v. Saidino AIR 1925 Sind 22
Harjit Kaur v. Roop Lal (2004)1 HLR 143 (P&H)
Harpal Sharma v. Tripta ani (1994)1 HLR 151 (P&H)
Hidayat ullah v. Mohd. Ali AIR 1937 Lah 266
Husani v. Jlvani AIR 1924 Lah 385
Imam Ali Patwari v. Arfat-un-nissa 32 IC 707
Imarta Devi v. Deep Chand (2004)1 HLR 387
Inder Singh v. Sadhu Singh ILR (1944)1 Cal 233
Indramal v. Radhey Raman AIR 1981 All 152
Ismail Ahmad v. Momin Bibi AIR 1941 PC 11
Itwari v. Smt. Asghari AIR 1960 All 684
J.L. Nanda v. Veena Nanda 1988 SCC 122
Jagdish Kumar v. Smt. Sita Devi AIR 1963 Punj 114
Jarina Akhtar v. Hafiza AIR 1926 Cal 242
Jayalakshmi v. Gayatri AIR 1998 Kant169
Jina Magan Pakhali v. Rai Jethi AIR 1941 Bom 298
K.K. Das v. Smt. Amina Khatun Bibi AIR 1940 Cal 356
Kaloo v. Mst. Imaman AIR 1949 All 445
Kamlesh v. Chamel Singh (1986)2 HLR 464 (P&H)
Kamlesh v. Prem Prakash (1989)1 HLR 554 (Raj)
Kamma v. Ethyumma 1967 KLT 913
Kammali Abubukker v. Vengatt Marakhar AIR 1970 Ker 277
Kaniza v. Hasan Ahmad AIR 1926 Oudh 231
Karan Singh v. Emperor AIR 1933 All 433
Kathiyamma v. Urathel (1931)133 IC 375
Keshav v. Gandhi 39 Bom 588
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Khambatta v. Khambatta AIR 1984 Bom 93

Khanoo v. Bhag AIR 1925 Lah 66
Kharak Singh Dhapola v. Mrs. Sarojini Dhapola AIR 2009 (NOC) 2157 (UTR)
Khatji v. Abdul Razak AIR 1977 J&K 44
Khatun Bibi v. Rajjab AIR 1926 All 615
Kiritbhai Girdhar bhai Patel v. Prafulaben Kiritbhai Patel AIR 1993 Guj 111
Krishna Lal Arora v. Rakesh Kumar 1982 HLR 486
Krishna Veni v. Smt. Tulsan Devi AIR 1972 P&H 305
Kulsumbi v. Abdul Kadir 45 Bom 151
Lakra v. Bakla (1932) 140 IC 561
Lakshmamma v. Thayamma AIR 1974 AP 255
Lakshmi v. Kalim Singh (1900)2 Bom LR 128
Liaqat Ali v. Karimunnissa ILR 15 All 396
Lily Thomas v. Union of India AIR 2000 SC 1650
M. v. S. 1963 Ker LT 315
M. Ibrahim v. Altafan (1925)47 All 243
Ma Khatun v. Ma Bibi AIR 1933 Rang 395
Madan Lal v. Sudesh Kumari AIR 1988 Del 93
Magila Bibi v. Noor Hassain AIR 1992 Cal 92
Mahbooban Bibi v. Muhammad Ameruddin AIR 1929 Pat 207
Mahendra v. Sushila Bai AIR 1965 SC 364
Mahmud Ali v. Ghulam Fatima AIR 1935 Lah 902
Mallayya v. Bhomayya 1971 An. WR 143 AIR 1971 A.P 270
Mallikharjunappa v. Eramma ILR 1971 AP 163
Mani v. Zaboo AIR 1926 Nag 488
Manickam v. Pongavanammal 1933 MWN 185
Manisha Tyagi v. Deepak Kumar AIR 2010 SC 1042
Maulvi Mohammad v. Mahboob Begum AIR 1984 Mad 7
Md. Haneefa v. Pattemmal 1972 KLT 512
Meera Bai v. Rajinder Kumar AIR 1986 Del 136
Mi Me v. Shwe (1912)39 Cal 492
Mirjan Ali v. Maimuna Bibi AIR 1949 Ass 14
Mohammad Alladad v. Mohammad Ismail ILR (1888)10 All 289
Mohammad Amir v. Vakil Ahmad 1952 SCR 1133
Mohammad Azmad v. Lalli Begum (1881)9 IA 8
Mohammad Khan v. Ali Khan AIR 1981 Mad 209
Mohammad Ibrahim v. Ghulam Ahmed 1862 Bom HCR 236
Mohammad yusuf commissioner, Quetta Division v. Syed Ali-
Nawaz Gardezi PLD 1965 (WP) Lah 141
Mohan Lal Sharma v. Parveen AIR 2010 P&H 65
Mohd. Ahmad Khan v. Shah Bano Begum (1985)2 SCC 556; AIR 1985 SC 945
Mohd. Akbar v. Mohd. Akhnoon AIR 1972 J&K 105 (FB)
Mohd. Amin v. Mst. Himna Bibi AIR 1931 Lah 134
Mohd. Khan v. Mst. Shahmali AIR 1972 J&K 8
Mohd. Muin-uddin v. Jamal Fatima AIR 1921 All 152
Mohd. Shafi v. Mohammed Jiajddin AIR 1992 MP 244
Mohd.Shamsuddin v. Noor Jehan Begum AIR 1955 Hyd 144
Mohd. Shariff v. Abdullah 1937 MWN 957
Mohiuddin v. Khatijabibi 41 Bom LR 1020
Monijan v. District Judge Birbhum (1914)42 Cal 351
Moonshee Buzul-ul-Rahim v. Lateef-un-Nissa Begum (1918)8 MIA 397
Mst. Banno Begum v. Inayat Husain AIR 1948 All 34
Mst. Hajra Khatun v Amina Khatun AIR 1923 All 570
Mst. Hayat Khatun v. Abdulla AIR 1937 Lah 270
Mst. Kaniza v. Hasan AIR 1926 Oudh 231
Mst. Khadija Begum v. Nisar Ahmad AIR 1936 Lah 887
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Mst. Rahim Bibi v. Chiragdin AIR 1930 Lah 97

Mst. Sakina Feraq v. Shamshad Hal AIR 1936 Pesh 195
Mst. Sampatia Bibi v. Mir Mahboob Ali AIR 1936 All 528
Mst. Sardar Jahan v. Mst. Afzal Begum AIR 1941 Oudh 288
Mustafa v. Khursida AIR 2006 Raj 31
Muthusami v. Masilmni (1910)33 Mad 342
Nagappa v. Subramaniam ILR 1946 Mad 103
Nag Kyw v. Mi Hia 49 IC 67(Rang)
Narasimha Reddy and others v. M. Boosamma AIR 1976 AP 77.
Nga Tun v. Michon 26 IC 996
Nizamul Haque v. Begum Noorjahan AIR 1966 Cal 465
Noor Jahan Bibi v. Kazim Ali AIR 1977 Cal 90
Noor Mohammad v. Mohammad Jiajddin AIR 1992 MP 244
O.P. Mehta v. Smt. Saroj Mehta AIR 1986 Del 327
Ozeer-un-nissa v. Ramdhan Roy 11 WR16
P. v. K. AIR1982 Bom 400
Padam Kumari v. Suraj Kumari (1906)28 All 458
Palaniappa Chettiar v. Alagan Chetti (1921)48 IA 539
Paramasami Pillai v. Somathammal AIR 1969 Mad 124
Parameshwari Bai v. Muthoji Rao AIR 1981 Kant 40
Patayee Ammal v. Manickam AIR 1967 Mad 254
Patta Dhanalakshmi v. Patta Ramachandra Rao AIR 1998 AP 341
Praveen Kumari v. Man Mohan Kumar AIR 1984 Del 139
Premanbai v. Channoolal AIR 1963 MP 57
Pushpa Devi v. Radhey Shyam AIR 1972 Raj 360
R.v. Khutabai 6 BHCR (Cr.C) 9
R. Lakshmi Narayana v. Santhi (2001)4 SCC 688
Rabia Khatoon v. Mukhtar Ahmad AIR 1966 All 548
Rabindra Prasad v. Sita Devi AIR 1986 Pat 128
Radha Rani v. Har Bhagwan (2004)1 HLR 50 (P&H)
Raghava Doss Jee v. Sarju Bayamma (1942)1 MLJ 205
Raghubir v. Shammugvadiyar AIR 1971 Mad 330
Rahim Bibi v. Fazil AIR 1927 All 56
Rahiman Bibi v. Mahboob Bibi AIR 1938 Mad 141
Rahmatullah v. State of UP and others 1999(12) Lucknow Civil decision p. 463
Rajendar Pershad Bhardwaj v. Smt. Shanti Devi AIR 1978 P&H 181
Rajesh Kumar Singh v. Rekha Singh (2005)1 HLR 759 (All DB)
Rajeswari Mishra v. Sidhartha Pandit AIR 2010 Ori 41
Rajinder Kapur v. Man Mohan Singh Tandon AIR 1972 P&H 142
Rajinder Prasad Jain v. Rama Jain 1980 HLR 122 (P&H)
Rajinder Singh v. Smt. Pomilla AIR 1987 Del 285
Ram Pyari v. Dharam Das AIR 1984 All 147
Ram Singh v. R. Susila Bai AIR 1970 Mys 201
Rashid Ahmad v. Mt. Anisa Khatun AIR 1932 PC 25
Rashid Ahmad v. S.S. Chopra AIR 1932 PC 25
Rasul Baksh v. Mst. Bhalan AIR 1932 Lah 498
Rattan Singh v. Mrs. Manjit Kaur AIR 2010 P&H 72
Ramachandra v. Vinayak (1914)41 IA 290,300-301: 42 Cal 384
Ratneshwari v. Bhagwati AIR 1950 PC 142
Re-Ponnuswami 1950 Mad 777
Rewaram Balwant Khati v. Ramratan Balwant Khatal AIR 1963 MP 160
Rex v. Hammersmith (1917)1 KB 634
Rice v. Rice 72 LT 122
S.A. Hussain v. Rajamma AIR 1977 AP 152
S.A. Kaiser v. Noor Sahan 1980 CRLJ 611
Sahra Jan v. Abdul Raoof AIR 1921 Lah194
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Sainuddin v. Latifunnessa (1918)46 Cal 141

Sajawanti v. Bhaurao AIR 1971 MP 168
Saju v. Maksed 1945 Cal WN 122
Samar Roy Chowdhury v. Snigdha Roy Chowdhury AIR 1977 Cal 213
Samserannessa v. Abdus Samad AIR 1926 Cal 1144
Sankaralingam v. Suan 1894 ILR Mad 479
Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India AIR 1995 SC 1531
Sarwar Ali Khan v. Jawahar Devi (1964)1 Andh WR 60
Satgunj v. Rahmat AIR 1945 Sind 48
Satyanarayana v. Hindu Religious Endowment Board Madras 1957 AP 824
Savitri Devi v. Manorama Bai AIR 1998 MP 114
Savitri Pandey v. Premchandre Pandey AIR 2002 SC 591
Seethal Das v. Bijay Kumari (1988)2 HLR 359 (P&H)
Shahzada Qanum v. Fakhar Jahan AIR 1953 Hyd 6
Shakuntala Kumari v. Om Prakash Ghai AIR 1981 Del 53
Shamin Ara v. State of UP JT 2002 (7) SC 520
Shamsunnessa Khatun v. Mir Abdul Mannf AIR 1940 Cal 95
Sheikh Fazlur v. Mst. Aisha AIR 1929 Pat 81 (FB)
Shivalingaiah v. Chowdamma AIR 1956 Mys 17
Shobha Rani v. Madhukar Reddi AIR 1988 SC 121
Shyamlal v. Saraswati Bai AIR 1967 MP 204
Sibt Ahmad v. Amina Khatun AIR 1929 All 18
Sibt Mohd. v. Mohd. Hameed AIR 1926 All 589
Siddhique v. Amina AIR 1996 Ker 140
Sita Devi v. Gopal Sharan AIR 1928 Pat 375
Skinner v. Orde, (1871) 14 MIA 309
Smt. Anita Jain v. Raendra Kumar Jain AIR 2010 Raj 56
Smt. Anju Kundu v. Shyamal Kumar Kundu & another AIR 2010 (NOC) 436 (Cal)
Smt. Arati Mondal v. Bhupati Mondal AIR 2009 Cal 200
Smt. Mamata Dubey v. Rajesh Dubey AIR 2009 All 141
Smt. Meena Singh v. Mithlesh Kumar Singh AIR 2009 (NOC) 1891 (All)
Smt. Sheela v. Baldev Singh AIR 2010 Uttarakhand 18
Smt. Suman v. Ashok Chhajer AIR 2010 (NOC) 549 (Raj)
Smt. Sureshta Devi v. Om Prakash AIR. 1992. SC. 1904
Sohan Singh v. Manjit Singh 1978 Hindu L.R 301
Som Dutt v. Smt. Raj Kumari AIR 1986 P&H 191
Subbaramma v. Saraswati AIR 1967 Mad 85
Surjeet v. Raj Kumari AIR 1967 Punj 172
Suvarna Bahen v. Rashmi Kant C. Shah AIR 1970 Guj 43
Swapna Ghose v. Sadananda Ghose AIR 1979 Cal 1
Swarajya Lakshmi v. Padma Rao AIR 1974 SC 165
T v. T (1963)2 All ER 646
Tajbi v. Mowla Khan (1917)41 Bom 845
Tajinder Kaur v. Nirmaljeet Singh AIR 2010 (NOC) 545 (P&H)
Thangammal v. Gangayammal (1945)1 MLJ 229
Tirumali v. Ethirajammah (1946)1 MLJ 438
Tufail Ahmad v. Jamila Khatun AIR 1962 All 570
Tulsa v. Pannalal AIR 1963 MP 5
Umaid v. Udoi chand (1881)6 Cal 119,125
Umatul Hafiz v. Talib Husain AIR 1945 Lah 56
Ummatul Fatima v. Ali Akbar AIR 1926 Oudh 521
Veena Kalia v. Jatinder Nath Kalia AIR 1996 Del 54
Vinay Kumar v. Smt. Jaya AIR 2010 MP 112
Vinod v. Smt. Sangeeta AIR 2010 Raj 68
Virender Kumar v. Santro Devi (2003)2 HLR 401 (P&H)
Vishnu Dutt Sharma v. Manju Sharma AIR 2009 SC 2254
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Wahid Ali v. Husain AIR 1932 Oudh 34

Waj Bibee v. Azmat Ali (1867)8 WR 23
Yousuf Rowthan v. Swaramma AIR 1971 Ker 261
Yussoof Ali v. Fyzoonissa 15 WR 296
Yusuf v. Sowramma AIR 1971 Ker 261
Zaffar Hussain v. Ummat-ur-Rahman AIR 1919 All 182
Zakir Ali v. Sograbi 43 IC 883
Zubeda Begum v. Vazir Mohammad AIR 1940 Sind 145