Section 125 CrPC
Bombay High Court upholds maintenance to second wife under Section 125 of CrPC
Referring to the evidence produced by the second wife and her readiness for the DNA test, the Bombay High Court was of the view that the husband could not be allowed to deny maintenance to the second wife.
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.”
Suppression of income can be used to infer that husband has sufficient means to maintain his wife: Calcutta High Court
In the case at hand, the husband’s contradictory statements about his employment and dependency on others for income created doubt about his actual income, led to affirmation of maintenance order.
Delhi High Court directs former J&K CM Omar Abdullah to pay maintenance of Rs. 1.5 lakhs per month to his wife, Payal Abdullah
“The Court stated that it is pained to note that in such acrimonious proceedings, the parents tend to make their children their pawns, thereby sidelining their children's happiness in order to vindicate themselves.”
An estranged wife has a right to seek amount of maintenance in the like status of her spouse; Rajasthan High Court enhances the quantum of maintenance
The object of maintenance proceeding would be that one party having no sufficient means to satisfy his/her daily needs and has no source of income to procure bread and other needs which are necessary to maintain one's life, if the same is to award after 10 years of the prayer then the very purpose would be frustrated and defeated.
Objective of Section 125 CrPC to ameliorate sufferings of destitute wives, children; technicalities have no place in maintenance cases: Kerala High Court
“The attempt should be to assimilate the required details and reach the correct conclusion at the earliest, rather than mulling over mundane objections.”
‘Able-bodied man obliged to earn by legitimate means and maintain wife, children’: Supreme Court, unhappy with Family Court’s verdict, directs husband to pay maintenance to his wife
Supreme Court: In an appeal directed against the judgment passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, confirming the Family Court’s order
One cannot seek transfer of execution proceeding under Section 125(3) CrPC to another Court once the order fixing maintenance attains finality: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: In a complex case where both the parties claimed to be disabled to get the matrimonial case transferred to the
If wife is earning, can it operate as a bar from awarding maintenance to suit lifestyle of her husband in matrimonial home? Tel HC answers
Telangana High Court: Sathish Reddy, J., while addressing a maintenance case, expressed that, the wife’s earning capacity cannot be a bar from
Raj HC | Neither the mere potential to earn, nor actual earning of wife, howsoever meagre, is sufficient to deny claim of maintenance
Rajasthan High Court: Pushpendra Singh Bhati J. modified the impugned order and enhanced the compensation to Rs 75000/- (for wife) and Rs
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Can a husband escape from his liability to pay maintenance to his wife by signing an agreement to the contrary? Gau HC throws light
Gauhati High Court: While addressing a matter with regard to maintenance of wife, Rumi Kumari Phukan, J., expressed that, the statutory right
Whether right to claim maintenance under Domestic Violence Act and S. 125 CrPC are mutually exclusive? Del HC elaborates
Delhi High Court: Asha Menon, J., observed that, the right to claim maintenance under the Domestic Violence Act and those under Section
Duty of father to maintain child, daughter entitled to seek maintenance from father: All HC
Allahabad High Court: Brij Raj Singh, J., expressed that, a father is legally bound to maintain his child according to the status
If divorce is declared in one go and Fatwa is issued, Is muslim wife entitled to maintenance under S. 125 CrPC? All HC answers
Allahabad High Court: Brij Raj Singh, J., while addressing a maintenance case, observed that if a wife proves that she is unable
If wife sells out some property, in order to maintain her children, would that mean the wife will not have opportunity to claim maintenance under S. 125 CrPC? All HC explains
Allahabad High Court: Brij Raj Singh, J., while discussing the matter with regard to providing maintenance to a wife, noted that the
Is it possible for a husband to suddenly become devoid of all income sources when asked to provide maintenance to his wife? Saket Court elaborates
Saket Courts, Delhi: While addressing a maintenance matter, Anuj Agrawal, Additional Sessions Judge-05, expressed that, it can not be believed that a
[Section 125 CrPC] Husband with sufficient means, is obligated to maintain wife and children? Del HC answers in a maintenance matter
Delhi High Court: In a maintenance matter, Subramonium Prasad, J., expressed that, if a husband has sufficient means, he is obligated to
Only continuous and repeated acts of adultery and/or cohabitation in adultery would attract rigours of provision under S. 125(4) CrPC: Del HC
Delhi High Court: While addressing a matter with regard to a wife’s right to maintenance Chandra Dhari Singh, J., expressed that, only