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Point out the incorrect answer : legal effects of divorce are

After a divorce, cohabitation becomes unlawful, the wife must observe iddat, and on its expiry each party may marry again. The statement that a divorced wife is not entitled…

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After a divorce, cohabitation becomes unlawful, the wife must observe iddat, and on its expiry each party may marry again. The statement that a divorced wife is not entitled to maintenance from her former husband is wrong: she is entitled to maintenance during iddat, and section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 gives her "a reasonable and fair provision and maintenance".

In Danial Latifi v. Union of India (2001) the Supreme Court held that this provision must be made within the iddat period but must cover her future as well.

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