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Section 25(2) of HMA | Court can modify and grant maintenance exceeding the claimed amount upon proof of material change in circumstances: Orissa High Court

“The judicial discretion must be exercised to provide a fair and just maintenance amount, considering the dependent’s actual needs and the payer’s financial capability, even if the claim was initially understated.”

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‘Well qualified husband who quits job to avoid paying maintenance to wife cannot be appreciated in civilised society’: Orissa HC upholds interim maintenance to wife

“Remaining unemployed is one thing and sitting idle having qualification and prospect to earn is another thing and if a husband being well qualified sufficient enough to earn sits idle only to shift the burden on the wife should not only be deprecated, but also be discouraged.”

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Section 125 CrPC: Can the second wife be entitled to maintenance from her husband?

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Husband’s moral duty to maintain wife does not mean to squeeze milk from husband making marriage a felony for him: Jharkhand High Court

“The object of Section 125 CrPC is Social Justice and also to ensure the dignity of individual as enshrined in the preamble of the Constitution of India.”