Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956
Hindu wife can claim maintenance from husband’s immovable property beyond HAMA: Kerala High Court
“A Hindu wife’s right to have maintenance from her husband’s properties originated the moment she got married to him. Her right remained dormant until denial of maintenance or initiation of legal proceedings, at which point it transformed into an inchoate right and later crystallised into a charge upon judicial declaration.”
Special Lecture | Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow | Departmental Lecture Series | Dr. Lalit Kishore Srivastava on “New Dimension of Adoption Law in India.” | SCC Times
The Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow, Second Campus, organized a departmental lecture on 11th October 2025, where Dr. Lalit Kishore Srivastava delivered an insightful talk on “New Dimension of Adoption Law in India.” The lecture examined the evolution of adoption laws through Hindu, Muslim, and secular frameworks, tracing judicial reforms and women’s rights in adoption.
Wife’s temporary job will not disentitle her to claim maintenance from husband, if income from said job is insufficient for her maintenance: Kerala HC
“The test is whether the wife is able to maintain herself more or less in the status, in which her husband has maintained her. The wife is entitled to live the same standard of life as she lived along with the husband.”
Never Reported Judgment | Adoption by wife against express prohibition by husband not valid regardless of the reasons for such prohibition [(1953) 1 SCC 656]
This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on adoption by a married Hindu female.
2024 SCC Vol. 3 Part 4
Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 34 and 5: Principles summarised re scope of interference by Court under S. 34. Supervisory,
Maintenance proceedings under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 are not suits, ad valorem court fee not liable to be paid: Delhi High Court
“The Family Courts Act, 1984 was enacted pursuant to the 59th Report of the Law Commission wherein it was stressed that in dealing with the disputes concerning the family, the family court should adopt an approach radically different from that adopted in ordinary civil proceedings.”
Chhattisgarh High Court entitles father-in-law to pay maintenance; “Estate of the husband can be preferred to claim over the estate of father or mother of daughter in law”
Chhattisgarh High Court: A Division Bench of Goutam Bhaduri and Deepak Kumar Tiwari JJ. entitled father-in-law to pay maintenance to widowed daughter-in-law