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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.
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.
International Booker Prize win for 'Heart Lamp': Through her work, Banu Mushtaq reimagines feminism, faith and literary resistance
May 29, 2025 11:58 am
Her work reminds us that the world might have changed beyond recognition, but there are still things that remain unchanged
Revealed: Sanjay’s crash tested Indira’s faith; Rajiv-RSS talks; Sonia’s Shah Bano red flag; Rao’s temple wish
August 10, 2023 10:39 am
Inside Neerja Chowdhury's How Prime Ministers Decide: Arun Nehru, friend who fell out, leaked Bofors story to Swedish radio, ex-Law Minister H R Bhardwaj told author; Atal 'opposed' n-tests in 1979
New Governors for five states, Arif Mohammed Khan will head to Kerala
September 02, 2019 4:42 am
The surprise appointment was that of former Congress leader Arif Mohammed Khan, who famously resigned from the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1986 over its stand in the Shah Bano case.
In the interest of justice
December 05, 2017 6:24 am
Failure of religious leaders made state intervention on triple talaq inevitable
What is Shah Bano case?
August 23, 2017 2:05 pm
The case of Mohd. Ahmad Khan vs. Shah Bano Begum & Ors. also called the Shah Bano case is seen as one of the milestones in Muslim women’s fight for rights in India and the battle against the set Muslim personal law. It laid the ground for thousands of women to make legitimate claims which they were not allowed before.
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