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Yami Gautam's Haq: Shah Bano told her husband, 'If I go to court, you will never wear your black coat again', he lost and stopped practicing law
November 13, 2025 4:35 pm
Yami Gautam-starrer Haq is based on the 1985 landmark case of Shah Bano and Mohd Ahmed Khan.
Haq: PM Rajiv Gandhi asked Shah Bano to refuse maintenance, says son; everything about landmark verdict that inspired Yami Gautam film
November 16, 2025 7:49 am
While Yami Gautam plays a character named Shazia Bano in Haq, the film does mention that her struggles were inspired by the Supreme Court's 1985 landmark verdict in the Shah Bano case.
Haq Box Office Collection Day 1: Yami Gautam-starrer earns 66 percent less than Article 370's opening; mints Rs 2.03 crore
November 08, 2025 11:26 am
Haq Box Office Collection Day 1: The Emraan Hashmi-Yami Gautam starrer gets off to a slow start at the box office as it earns Rs 1.65 crore.
Yami Gautam's Haq: For Shah Bano, it was 'izzat ki ladayi,' says son; she was 'ashamed' of 'being divorced', lived in 'terror' protesters will destroy their house
November 07, 2025 8:50 am
Haq, starring Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi, is inspired by the Shah Bano case of 1985. In an earlier interview, Shah Bano's son spoke about the toll the case took on his mother's health and how it impacted India.
With upcoming film ‘Haq’, recalling the landmark Shah Bano case and what it held on Muslim women’s rights
November 07, 2025 2:35 pm
Shah Bano case 1985, Yami Gautam Haq film: In addition to its legal significance, the Shah Bano case also impacted the dispute regarding the Babri Masjid, and national politics. Here's what it was all about.
Haq trailer: Yami Gautam breaks silence and buckles up to change history forever as she locks horns with Emraan Hashmi in court. Watch
October 27, 2025 9:53 pm
Haq movie trailer and release date: The Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi-starrer takes a closer look at the landmark and controversial Shah Bano case of 1985.
In a time of religious polarisation, Supreme Court verdict on alimony for Muslim women is a step forward
July 12, 2024 11:45 am
Muslim women continue to be denied their Quranic rights as well as constitutional rights. SC verdict can enable them to fight for justice
There’s an echo of the Shah Bano case in the hijab controversy
February 15, 2022 9:21 pm
Jyoti Punwani writes: Then, as now, powerful forces mobilised groups of men against women’s choice.
To make instant triple talaq a crime, Govt looks to change Shah Bano law
November 30, 2017 7:34 am
Commonly known as the Shah Bano Act, the 1986 law was enacted by the Rajiv Gandhi government under pressure from the Muslim clergy to overturn the Supreme Court ruling in the Shah Bano case.
Muslim women cheer on SC's triple talaq verdict: Come a long way from Shah Bano to Shayara Bano
August 23, 2017 12:42 pm
“I am for the Supreme Court judgment in the sense that it will help illiterate women who are constantly under pressure and live in the fear of being given talaq,’’ said Siddiqua Ahmed, the daughter of Shah Bano in Indore.
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