The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 was enacted in response to the Shah Bano case (1985), which had allowed a divorced Muslim woman to seek maintenance under Section 125 CrPC. The 1986 Act is seen as having undermined secular principles by seeking to nullify the Court's judgment. A Constitution Bench in 2001 upheld the 1986 Act but stopped short of declaring its provisions unconstitutional for discriminating against Muslim women.