ORDER

Dated : 25^th February, 2026 The petitioner in M.C.4/2014 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate of First Class-II, Cherthala who is also the revision petitioner in Crl.R.P. 9/2020 on the file of the Additional Sessions Court-II, Alappuzha, filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C, praying for setting aside Annexure-6 order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge-II, Alappuzha. The above M.C case was filed by the petitioner under Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 (in short, the Act of 1986)

2. The learned Magistrate dismissed the claim under Section 3 of the Act of 1986, mainly on two grounds. The first ground is that the claim was barred under Article 137 of the Limitation Act. The other ground was that the petitioner had executed an agreement with her husband at the time of pronouncement of talaq, whereby she had relinquished all her rights in connection with the divorce. In Revision before the learned Sessions Judge, relying upon the decision of this Court in Hassainar v. Raziya , 1993 2 KLT 805, it was argued that the claim made after nine years of the dissolution of marriage is barred by limitation. However the learned Session