Arguably the biggest theatrical release of the week, HAQ will hit the big screens on November 7, 2025. Directed by Suparn S Varma, HAQ is inspired by true events of the landmark judgement of the Supreme Court of Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum.
HAQ is a legal drama that revolves around a woman named Shazia Bano played by Yami Gautam who sues her husband Abbas after he abandons her and her children by giving 'triple talaq'.
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Emraan Hashmi plays the character of Abbas who is the husband of Shazia Bano. Abbas gives triple talaq to Shazia Bano and abandons his children as well. As shown in the trailer, Shazia then approaches the court against Abbas.
In reality, Shazia Bano is Shah Bano and Abbas is Ahmed Khan.
In 1932, Indore-based Shah Bano got married to Mohammed Ahmad Khan, an affluent and well-known advocate in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and had five children from the marriage.
After 14 years of marriage, Ahmed took a younger woman as his second wife. After living with both of them, Ahmed gave triple talaq to Shah Bano when she was 62-years-old.
Not only this, Ahmed stopped giving her Rs 200 monthly that he had promised her. As a result, Shah Bano filed criminal suit against her husband under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, asking him for a maintenance amount of ₹500 for herself and her children.
In November 1978 her husband gave an irrevocable talaq (divorce) to her which was his prerogative under Islamic law and took up the defence that hence Bano had ceased to be his wife and therefore he was under no obligation to provide maintenance for her as except prescribed under the Islamic law.
In the end, Shah Bano won the right to alimony from her husband. However, some politicians mounted a campaign for the verdict's nullification.
The judgement in favour of Shah Bano in this case sparked criticisms among Muslims, some of whom cited the Qur'an to show that the judgement was in conflict with Islamic law.
It triggered controversy about the extent of having different civil codes for different religions in India.
Seeing the controversy intensifying, the Congress government, with its absolute majority, passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, which diluted the judgment of the Supreme Court and restricted the right of Muslim divorcées to alimony from their former husbands for only 90 days after the divorce.
