Atia was pronounced triple talaq by her husband Wajid Ali for bringing inadequate dowry and giving birth to two daughters. She had refused to accept the divorce and had filed a petition in the Saharanpur Court on March 24 2015 seeking to declare her divorce illegal and sought maintenance for her and two daughters.
After her petition, her husband and his family members were arrested. Later, she took her triple talaq battle to the Supreme Court along with others and won when the apex court declared triple talaq illegal.
She, however, continued her fight to get maintenance in Saharanpur Family Court. The victory came to her when the court allowed her plea on March 22, 2021 to get maintenance.
With this, Atia has become the first Muslim woman in the country to get maintenance after passing of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
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