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Abstract
The Muslim Women Act is also known as Protection of Rights on Divorce
Act. This act was passed by Indian parliament in 1986 in order to preserve
the fundamental rights of Muslim women who have got divorce from their
husbands. This law is implemented in all the states of country except
Jammu and Kashmir. Magistrate doing exercise jurisdiction according to
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 is given the authority of administrating
these kinds of cases. According to this act, the divorced woman is helped
financially by her former husband till another person marries her.
According to this act, if the husband of Muslim woman is died and she
may not marry another person then in that case, the magistrate has the
authority to pass an order that her relatives would pay for her
maintenance and these relatives inherit her property after her death
according to Muslim law. The current paper highlights the Muslim Women
Protection Act of 1986.