V. RAJAGOPALA REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THE Criminal Revision Case is filed questioning the order dated 9-7-1993 passed in Crl. R. P. No. 31 of 1992, by the III Additional Sessions Judge, Kurnool. The respondent filed Crl. M. P. No. 131 of 1991 in M. C. No. 83 of 1979, on the file of the Additional Judicial 1st Class Magistrate, Kurnool, under Section 127 Cr. P. C. (for short, `the Code ) for cancellation of the order of maintenance dated 1-8-1980 in M. C. No. 83 of 1979, on the sole ground that after the enactment of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986 (for short, `the Act ) a divorced woman is no more entitled to claim maintenance beyond iddat period. The learned Magistrate allowed the petition by an order dated 8-5-1992. Aggrieved by the said order, the respondent filed Crl. R. P. No. 31 of 1992. The III Additional Sessions Judge, Karnool, allowed the Crl. R. P. and set aside the order passed by the Magistrate on the ground that the Act is only prospective in operation and does not affect the orders of maintenance already passed under Ss. 125 to 128 of the Code, granting maintenance to divorced woman and on the ground that the decision in Usman Khan Bhamani v. Fathimunn

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