Section 125
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.
Delhi High Court | Maintenance amount is a legal ‘debt’, can be recovered through a civil suit
“This is a case that clamours for the exercise of judicial conscience to address the conundrum of whether an individual’s right to recover arrears in maintenance subsists even after the expiry of the period stipulated in section 125(3) CrPC.”
Can a wife be entitled to maintenance under S.125 CrPC if marriage is invalid? Madras HC answers
Madras High Court said that concerning the present economic scenario and the status of the parties, the fixation of the monthly maintenance at Rs. 10,000/- for the wife and daughter is very much reasonable and the same cannot be said to be excessive.
[Right to Maintenance] Jhar HC | What is the effective date of grant of maintenance? Is it the date of judgment or the date of filing of maintenance application?
Jharkhand High Court: Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J., held that right to claim maintenance must date back to the date of filing the