In Islam, a woman must observe the period of waiting, known as ’iddah or iddat (Arabic: العدة, romanized: al-ʿidda; "period of waiting") following the...

law that the government passed was the right to maintenance during the iddat period following a divorce and the transfer of the maintenance obligation...

Talaq-e-Ahsan, the husband says "talaq" once and waits for a three-month iddat, or waiting period. The divorce is deemed void if the couple gets back together...

government of India was that maintenance was available only during the iddat period after divorce, and after that, the responsibility for paying maintenance...