The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Shah Bano’s daughter against the release of Hindi language film Haq , observing that its disclaimer states that it is fictional and only inspired by the 1985 landmark Supreme Court judgement involving her mother, Live Law reported on Thursday.

The film, starring actors Emraan Hashmi and Yami Gautam, will release on Friday.

The 1985 judgement pertains to Bano’s petition for maintenance from her husband after their divorce. Under Muslim Personal Law, a man was only obliged to support his divorced wife for three months. After this period called iddat, the divorce was complete and the man was no longer liable.

However, following a 1973 amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code introduced by the Indira Gandhi governme

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