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Karnataka HC: Father not Liable to Pay Monthly Maintenance to Daughter who is Gainfully Employed(30.09.2019)
Karnataka High Court has ruled that a father is not liable to pay monthly maintenance amount to his daughter who is gainfully employed. The Court obse.....
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Judicially Separated Wife Also Entitled for Maintenance: Supreme Court(08.12.2017)
Supreme Court has said that a judicially separated wife is entitled to maintenance as a divorced wife and there is no reason to deny it to her.
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Delhi HC: Income of Husband Not Sole Criterion to Determine Maintenance Pendente Lite(26.05.2017)
Delhi High Court has held that proportion of husband’s income to be awarded as maintenance pendente lite to wife is dependent on surrounding circumsta.....
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Chhattisgarh HC: Daughter Has to Show She is Minor or Unable to Maintain Herself to Seek Maintenance(09.12.2022)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that as per Section 125 CrPC, to get maintenance, a daughter has to make out a case that she is unable to maintain he.....
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Madras HC Impresses on Need to Maintain Forest Lands and to Prevent Encroachment(10.06.2021)
Madras High Court has observed that it is absolutely imperative that not even an inch of forest land in the State be allowed to be encroached upon by .....
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Del. HC: Maintenance Under DV Act Not Tethered on Inability of Wife/ Victim to Maintain Herself(12.09.2024)
Delhi High Court has observed that unlike Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic .....
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Cal. HC: Stepson Can't Deny Obligation to Maintain Stepfather if he Fulfilled His Responsibilities(31.08.2022)
Calcutta High Court has held that when stepfather fulfills same responsibilities as the biological father, a stepson cannot deny his obligation to mai.....
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SC: Right to Maintenance Shall Have Overriding Effect on Rights of Claimants under SARFAESI/IBC(12.12.2024)
SC has stated that the right to maintenance being equivalent to a fundamental right will be superior to and have overriding effect on the statutory ri.....
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Kar. HC: Under DV Act, Question of Awarding Maintenance Till Marriage of Daughters Doesn’t Arise(05.09.2023)
Karnataka High Court has held that under the provisions of Domestic Violence Act, question of awarding maintenance till marriage of the daughters does.....
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MP High Court Reverses State Government Order of Revoking Pension of MISA Detainees(01.11.2019)
Madhya Pradesh HC has directed State Government to continue to pay the pension of 15 Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) detainees.
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Chhattisgarh HC: Widow Daughter-In-Law Can Claim Maintenance from Father-In-Law(19.07.2022)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a widowed daughter-in-law has the right to claim maintenance from her father-in-law, if the latter has the posse.....
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Delhi HC Rules Employed Wife Deserves Maintenance Matching Marital Standard of Living(12.09.2025)
Delhi HC held that a highly qualified, employed wife is entitled to maintenance matching the standard of living during marriage. The court emphasized .....
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Kerala HC Declares Bar on Lawyers Representing Matters Before Maintenance Tribunals Unconstitutional(09.04.2021)
Kerala High Court has declared as unconstitutional the bar on lawyers representing parties in matters before the Maintenance Tribunals constituted und.....
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Kerala HC: Father Legally Bound to Provide Maintenance to Child Born Out of Interfaith Marriage(15.12.2021)
Kerala High Court has ruled that a father is legally obligated to provide maintenance for his child born out of an inter-faith marriage.
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Special Court: Wife Entitled for Maintenance from Husband, Not In-Laws(12.10.2016)
A Special Court in Delhi has said that a wife is entitled to seek maintenance only from her husband and is not liable to be maintained by her in-laws.
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Kerala High Court: Wife Paying Maintenance to Able Bodied Husband Would Promote “Idleness”(22.05.2017)
Kerala High Court has quashed a husband’s claim for maintenance, observing that maintenance under Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act is to be paid to hu.....
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ITAT: Expenditure on Maintenance, Back-Up, and Support Services is Revenue in Nature(31.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has observed that expenditure on maintenance, backup, and support services to existing hardware and software .....
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Karnataka HC Directs Police Stations to Maintain List of Senior Citizens in Their Jurisdiction(24.11.2016)
Karnataka High Court has directed State Government to ensure that each police station maintains an up-to-date list of senior citizens in its jurisdict.....
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CIC to CPIO: Provide Generic Details of Gross Income of Husband for Claiming Maintenance(18.08.2022)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Centre Public Information Officers (CPIO) to provide the generic details of the net taxable inco.....
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Bom HC: Wife Entitled to Maintenance of Marriage Due to Misrepresentation that Husband is Divorced(18.12.2023)
Bombay High Court while observing that a husband can’t be allowed to deny maintenance claim to a woman by taking advantage of his own wrong, has held .....
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All. HC: Unmarried Daughter Falling Under the Category of Aggrieved Person Entitled to Maintenance(15.01.2024)
Allahabad High Court has held that unmarried daughter, irrespective of her religion and age is entitled to obtain maintenance under the Protection of .....
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MP HC: Promises Not Complied With by Husband in Agreement To Live Separately Entitles Wife to Maint.(01.02.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that when the husband has taken a step back from the promises made in the agreement to live separately, then it can.....
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SC: Woman Deserting Husband Will Still Get Maintenance After Divorce(07.04.2017)
Supreme Court by preferring social welfare to legal technicality has held that, even if, a woman is disentitled to maintenance from her husband during.....
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Supreme Court Sentences Man to 3 Months Civil Prison for Failing to Clear Maintenance Arrears to Wife(30.03.2021)
Supreme Court has sentenced a man to three months' civil prison for contempt of court after he did not pay an outstanding amount of Rs 2.60 crore alon.....
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Delhi High Court Increases Interim Maintenance on Grounds of Perjury by Husband(23.10.2019)
Delhi High Court has enhanced the interim maintenance payable by the husband to his wife and has also directed initiation of an inquiry under Section .....
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Delhi HC: Denial of Maintenance to Estranged Wife And Child is Worst Offence(19.07.2022)
Delhi High Court while imposing cost of 20k on husband has held that denying maintenance to an estranged wife and child is the worst offence, even fro.....
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Delhi HC: Wife Can Be Denied Maintenance If She Fails To Submit Latest Salary Slips(15.09.2025)
Delhi HC ruled that if a wife fails to produce her latest salary slips, courts can infer she has sufficient income and deny maintenance claims. The ab.....
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Courts Cannot Force Husband to ‘Keep Wife’, Says Supreme Court(27.11.2017)
Supreme Court has said that Courts cannot force a husband to “keep his wife” as it asked a man to deposit Rs 10 lakh as interim maintenance for his es.....
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Bombay High Court: Keeping Money in Accounts For Daughter’s Wedding is not Maintenance(14.03.2017)
Bombay HC, while hearing a man’s plea challenging a Lower Court’s order awarding maintenance to his wife & daughters, has said that putting money in a.....
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CESTAT, Bangalore: Software Maintenance Services Not Covered Under Business Auxiliary Services(24.02.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Bangalore has held that the software maintenance services shall not be covered within the.....
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Del HC Upholds Provision Allowing Deduction for Payment of Maintenance to Air Force Personnel's Wife(09.01.2023)
Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 92(i) of Air Force Act, 1950 which allows deduction from pay and allowance of Air F.....
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Delhi HC: Interim Maintenance Cannot be Refused Unless it is Proved that Wife is Gainfully Employed(04.06.2019)
Delhi High Court has observed that once interim maintenance is sought by a wife under Section 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.....
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Rajasthan HC: Husband Cannot be Absolved to Pay Interim Maintenance(14.03.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that the husband, who admittedly earns Rs.40,000/- per month, cannot be absolved of his obligation to pay interim ma.....
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SC Takes into Account Conduct of Husband in Disposal of Maintenance Petition(01.10.2018)
Supreme Court has enhanced the maintenance amount to a wife taking into account the husband’s conduct in successfully protracting the disposal of the .....
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SC: Circulate 'Rajnesh v. Neha' Judgment to All Judicial Officers(08.11.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that its guideline regarding payment of maintenance in matrimonial cases as laid down in Rajnesh v. Neha (MANU/SC/0833/2.....
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Karnataka High Court: "Unable to Maintain" Doesn't Mean Person Has to be a 'Destitute'(29.05.2018)
Karnataka High Court has observed that words “unable to maintain herself” in S. 125 of CrPC cannot be interpreted to mean that the person has to be “a.....
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NCDRC Directs Builder to Compensate Homebuyers for Delay in Refund of Maintenance Deposit(14.02.2022)
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered a refund of the refundable maintenance along with delay compensation at 6% for the Flat Ow.....
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Madras High Court Says No Maintenance for Woman Divorced on Ground of Adultery(17.08.2015)
Madras High Court has ruled that woman divorced on ground of adultery cannot claim maintenance from her ex-husband.
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Appeal or revision cannot be dismissed solely on ground of failure to pre deposit maintenance amount(14.05.2019)
Petitioner impugns order whereby the Appellate Court has dismissed the appeal of the Petitioner on the ground that, Petitioner has failed to deposit t.....
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Allahabad HC Allows Claim for Maintenance u/s 125 CrPC in Addition to Alimony(22.02.2022)
Allahabad High Court has allowed the claim for maintenance of a wife under Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, despite the grant of divor.....
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Delhi HC: Presence at Preferred Jurisdiction Material Fact for Execution of Maintenance Order(23.12.2021)
Delhi High Court has observed that the presence of a person at preferred jurisdiction at the time of application for maintenance against him under Sec.....
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Calcutta HC Orders Daughter to Pay Maintenance to Parents, Provide Accommodation(11.03.2022)
Calcutta High Court has directed a daughter to allow her aged parents to reside with her in a residential flat which had been gifted to her by her par.....
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Kerala High Court: Women’s Commission Has No Power to Order Maintenance(24.07.2018)
Kerala High Court has observed that no power is granted to Women’s Commission to issue directions with regard to payment of maintenance.
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Madras High Court to Family Courts: Do Not Treat Husbands Like "Armless Soldiers"(28.07.2017)
Madras High Court has asked Family Courts not to treat husbands like "armless soldiers" and order them to pay maintenance to wives in a "mechanical ma.....
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ITAT: Expenditure On Maintenance, Back-Up, and Support Services is Revenue in Nature(31.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has observed that expenditure on maintenance, backup, and support services to existing hardware and software .....
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Delhi HC Upholds Eviction of Sons From Father’s House For Not Paying Maintenance(02.11.2017)
Delhi High Court has upheld the eviction of two sons from their father’s house for not paying maintenance as agreed by them.
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ITAT: 2% TDS Deductible On Common Area Maintenance Charges(25.01.2023)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi has ruled that 2% Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) is deductible on common area maintenance charges. The court.....
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Karnataka HC: Maintenance Awarded to Wife Cannot Be Enhanced U/S 127 CrPC(28.02.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that maintenance awarded to an estranged wife under the provisions of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 20.....
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Delhi High Court: Maintenance to Estranged Wife is for Survival, Not a Bounty(21.05.2019)
Delhi High Court has observed that Maintenance awarded to an estranged wife is for her survival and should not be seen as a "bounty", and it has to be.....
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CESTAT, Ahmedabad: Cenvat Credit on Services within Factory Premises allowable(11.04.2022)
Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has observed that cenvat credit in respect of garden maintenance service under the Cenvat.....
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Maintenance of current accounts in multiple banks by Insurance Intermediaries(29.12.2021)
1. It has been observed that the insurance intermediaries maintain multiple current accounts with banks at different operational levels, i.e., Branch .....
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Maintenance of Annual Average Export Obligation(22.05.2018)
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2015-20, the Director General of Foreign Trade in Public i.....
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Bombay HC Directs Wife to Pay Maintenance to Husband under Sec 25 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955(01.04.2022)
Bombay High Court upheld two orders of the civil court directing a wife working as a teacher, to pay Rs 3,000 maintenance to her husband by directing .....
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Delhi High Court Rules: No Enhanced Maintenance to Wife from Husband Working Abroad(14.10.2016)
Delhi High Court has ruled that a wife cannot claim enhanced maintenance from her husband, working abroad, by converting his income into Indian curren.....
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Punjab And Haryana High Court: Wife Can't Be Denied Maintenance On Grounds That She Is Well-Educated(05.05.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that husband is legally and morally responsible; wife cannot be denied maintenance on the grounds of being .....
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All. HC: Maintenance can be Granted by Trial Court from Date of Order if Reasons Exist for Doing so(16.05.2023)
Allahabad High Court while observing that ruling in Rajnesh v. Neha (MANU/SC/0833/2020) doesn’t completely block discretionary power of trial court in.....
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Bom HC: Daughter Can’t Continue Maintenance Claim of Deceased Mother(04.08.2023)
Bombay High Court while observing that right of maintenance of wife against her husband is in personam and not in rem, has held that daughter cannot c.....
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Delhi HC: Can Grant Ad-Interim Maintenance without Filing Specific Application(02.07.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that ad-interim maintenance can be granted by the Court without filing of a specific application by the party and is payable.....
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Kerala High Court: Father's Pension Benefits Not Exempt from Attachment(05.02.2020)
Kerala High Court has held that a father's pensionary benefits are not immune from attachment towards payment of maintenance to children.
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Karnataka HC: Cannot Resist Maintenance Because of Another Marriage and Children Thereto(20.10.2021)
Karnataka High Court has held that getting married another time and having children from that marriage cannot be a reason for a Muslim man to resist t.....
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Kar. HC: When Wife is Living in Adultery, the Question of Maintenance Doesn’t Arise(09.10.2023)
Karnataka High Court has held that when the wife is not honest towards her husband and is involved in extramarital affairs, the question of her claimi.....
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Cal. HC: Seeking Enhanced Maintenance After Blocking Husband's Pension is Abuse of Law(31.01.2023)
Calcutta High Court has observed that case where a wife blocks a substantial source of income of husband and then claims an enhancement of maintenance.....
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Ker. HC: Court Can Execute its Maintenance Order Against Person Residing Outside its Jurisdiction(12.01.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that even though an order of maintenance may be enforceable at the place where the person against whom it is made resides, .....
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Delhi High Court: Woman’s Ability to Earn Not a Ground to Deny Her Maintenance(10.06.2019)
Delhi High Court has observed while broadening the welfare scope of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 that the mere fact that a wom.....
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Delhi HC: Order of Interim Maintenance to Alleged Live-In Partner of Married Man Under DV Act Upheld(21.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has upheld the order of an Additional Sessions Judge directing a married man to pay ad-interim maintenance under the Protection of Wo.....
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Supreme Court : Widows Have Right on ‘Maintenance’ Property(16.11.2015)
Supreme Court has ruled that right to maintenance of a Hindu widow is not a "mere formality" but a spiritual and moral right that can be judicially e.....
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Bombay HC Rules, It’s a Father’s Obligation to Ensure Comfort of Child(16.05.2016)
Bombay HC, while upholding an order of family court increasing child’s maintenance amount payable by the father, has said a father had an obligation t.....
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Karnataka HC: Only Indian Citizens Can Start Proceedings Under Senior Citizens Act(31.03.2022)
Karnataka High Court has observed that only Indian Citizens can initiate proceedings under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen A.....
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Mad. HC: Marital Status of Woman Cannot be a Determining Factor for Considering Her Child’s Adoption(17.06.2024)
Mad. HC while holding that woman's marital status should not be a determining factor while considering her child's adoption observed that proviso to S.....
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SC Sets Aside P&H HC Order on Maintenance of Status Quo with No Prima Facie Case(20.07.2020)
Supreme Court has set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court order in a revision Petition which directed parties in a civil suit to maintain 'status qu.....
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Patna HC: Maintenance may be Allowed in Disputed Marriages if Relationship Was Socially Accepted(11.07.2025)
Patna HC has observed that a person who has lived with another as spouse, and where the relationship is accepted socially and within the family, may b.....
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Allahabad HC: Wife Can Claim Maintenance in Voidable Marriage Until Nullity Decree(29.09.2025)
Allahabad High Court held that a wife’s right to maintenance cannot be denied simply because the marriage is voidable; unless a decree of nullity is p.....
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Kerala High Court: Wife Eligible to Maintenance After Divorce if She is not 'Living In Adultery'(27.09.2019)
Kerala High Court has ruled that to future maintenance to a wife who was divorced on the basis of adultery can be denied only on the ground that she i.....
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Builder Not Liable to Pay Service Tax on ‘One-Time’ Maintenance Charges: Bombay HC(05.10.2018)
Bombay High Court has held that builder is not liable to pay service tax on One-time maintenance charges collected from Flat Buyers.
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Kerala High Court: Temporary Job of Wife is No Ground to Deny Maintenance(30.01.2025)
Kerala High Court has held that a wife's temporary job, even if it provides some income, would not disentitle her to claim maintenance from her husban.....
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Karnataka HC Asks BBMP and BDA to List Steps for Proper Maintenance of Parks/Gardens(21.12.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) to list steps it proposes to tak.....
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Delhi High Court Says 'Person Living in Penury Spoils Another Life by Marrying'(29.05.2017)
Delhi High Court has rejected plea of a man that he cannot pay Rs. 7,500 as maintenance per month to his estranged wife on ground of being a "pauper......
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Rajasthan HC: Criminal Revision Petition Maintainable Against Order of Interim Maintenance(28.04.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has ruled that an order of interim maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 by any Family Court or M.....
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Del. HC: High Earning Wife Not Truthfully Disclosing Her Income, Not Entitled to Maintenance(13.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that a highly qualified wife who has been earning but is not willing or inclined to truthfully disclose her true income,.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Maintenance, Wife, Income.
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Bombay High Court Slams Family Court’s Harsh Order Against Mother(06.03.2018)
Bombay High Court has expressed shock at a family court order that put harsh restrictions on a mother and included discontinuation of maintenance and .....
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All. HC: Minimum Amount Must be Paid to Wife from Date of Claim to Preserve Her Right to Life(31.08.2023)
Allahabad High Court while adjudicating appeal against interim maintenance awarded to wife, has observed that minimum amount must be provided from dat.....
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Court which has to be approached for grant of the assistance cannot decide the merits of the case or rights of the parties under Section 9 of Arbitration Act(14.12.2018)
Instant petition has been filed by the Petitioner under Section 9 of the J & K Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997 for directing the maintenance of.....
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Delhi HC: Father Who Pay Maintenance Also Entitled to Meet Daughter(21.10.2016)
Delhi High Court, while permitting a man to meet his child in school, has observed that, a father who is ready and willing to pay maintenance for his .....
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Ker. HC: Child's Educational Expenses Not Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC if Reimbursed By Employer(11.08.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that payment of educational expense of children, which was later reimbursed by employer, cannot be treated as the maintenan.....
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Kerala HC: Maintenance Must be Granted from Date of Filing of Petition(20.12.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that a petitioner under Section 125 CrPC must be granted maintenance from the date of filing of petition and not just date .....
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Chhattisgarh HC: Maintenance Tribunal Has Power To Order Eviction Of Children From Parents House(24.01.2023)
Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that Maintenance Tribunal possesses power under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.....
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Delhi HC Denies Maintenance to Working Woman(08.09.2016)
Delhi HC, while denying maintenance demanded by a chartered accountant from her estranged husband, has said a professionally qualified woman should be.....
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No Rider to Deposit Maintenance Amount Prior to Entertainment of Statutory Remedy: Delhi HC(12.07.2018)
Delhi High Court has held that there cannot be an absolute rider that the entire maintenance amount, as granted by the trial court, should be deposite.....
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Madras HC Directs Payment of Monthly Maintenance to Estranged Wife(05.05.2021)
Madras High Court has directed a government doctor to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs. 15,000 to his estranged wife despite her having received Rs. 3 .....
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SC Directs NRI Man to Make Representation in Plea Seeking Maintenance of 'Non-Resident Status'(10.02.2021)
Supreme Court has directed a representation to be made to the Central Board of Direct Taxes regarding reliefs to be granted to Non Resident Indians in.....
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MoU between Airports Authority and Singapore approved(06.01.2016)
The Union Cabinet has approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Airports Authority of India and Singapore Cooperation Enterprise. .....
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Delhi HC: Rejection of Maintenance in Divorce Proceeding Doesn’t Disentitle Right U/S 125 CrPC(01.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that the pendency of divorce petition and rejection of an application for maintenance in such petition, would not disentitle.....
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Ker. HC to Family Courts: Release Amounts Deposited Towards Arrears of Maintenance at The Earliest(05.12.2022)
Kerala High Court has directed all Family Court judges to release the amount deposited towards arrears of maintenance under the orders of the High Cou.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Arrears of Maintenance
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Allahabad HC: Paying 25 Percent of Monthly Pension as Maintenance to Wife is Not Excessive(08.04.2024)
Allahabad High Court while treating the pension of a husband as his monthly salary, has held that providing twenty-five percent of monthly pension as .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, 25 Percent, Monthly Pension, Maintenance
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MP HC: Merely Because Wife is Educated, She Cannot be Denied Maintenance(03.08.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court while hearing a plea regarding maintenance awarded to wife, has held that a mere ground that the wife is educated, cannot be.....
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Gujarat HC: Divorced Wife, Who Deserted Husband, Entitled To Maintenance(08.05.2017)
Gujarat High Court, while holding that term ‘wife’ in Section 125(4) of CrPC would not include a divorced wife, has observed that a lady, from whom hu.....
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ITAT: Income Tax Deduction for CAM Charges Included in Rent(19.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that Common Area Maintenance (CAM) Charges included in rent were allowable as a deduction.
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Bombay HC: ‘Prolonged Separation’ No Ground to Deny Maintenance to Wife(16.01.2017)
Bombay High Court has held that prolonged separation does not affect woman’s right to seek maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of Criminal .....
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Del. HC: No Bar on Jurisdiction of Civil Courts to Allow Suit for Recovery of Arrears of Maintenance(24.08.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that once amount becomes due and payable, it becomes a legal debt, the recovery of which can be sought by way of a ci.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Jurisdiction, Recovery, Maintenance
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Madras HC Stays Order Related to Levy of GST on Flat, Villa Maintenance Charges(10.09.2021)
Madras High Court has stayed a Single Judge Order on levy of Goods and Service Tax on flat, villa maintenance charges. Flat or villa owners paying mor.....
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Delhi HC: Rise in Husband's Income, Living Costs Valid for Increasing Wife's Maintenance(04.09.2025)
Delhi High Court ruled that an increase in the husband's income and his rising cost of living are valid grounds for enhancing a wife’s maintenance. Ju.....
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Ori HC: Domestic Incident Report not a Pre-Requisite to Grant Interim Maintenance to Aggrieved Woman(17.01.2024)
Orissa High Court has held that it is not mandatory to have Domestic Incident Report' (DIR) from the 'Protection Officer' in order to grant relief of .....
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Del HC: Not More Than 3 Months Jail to be Given in Execution Petition for Recovery of Maintenance(05.02.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that a person cannot be sent to jail for more than three months, in case of non-payment of arrears of maintenance to the spo.....
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SC: Maintenance Petition Filed by Wife with Permanent Alimony u/s 25 HMA Cannot Be Entertained(13.02.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that a Petition filed by a wife under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 who was earlier granted permanent.....
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Rajasthan HC Refuses to Give Directions in Plea Seeking Protection and Maintenance of Wildlife(07.02.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has refused to give directions in a plea seeking protection & maintenance of wildlife to control man-animal conflict & rescue and.....
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Condition that a wife is not entitled to maintenance if she is living in adultery will apply, when the matrimonial relations subsist and not after the divorce(22.07.2024)
A divorce petition filed by the Petitioner-husband was allowed on the grounds of desertion, cruelty and adultery and a decree of divorce was granted o.....
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Del. HC: Wife Entitled to Maintenance Even When Decree of Restitution of Conjugal Rights Against Her(26.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that mere presence of a decree of restitution of conjugal rights against the wife does not disentitle her from claiming main.....
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Karnataka High Court: "Unable to Maintain" Doesn't Mean Person Has to be a 'destitute'(29.05.2018)
Karnataka High Court has observed that words “unable to maintain herself” in S. 125 of CrPC cannot be interpreted to mean that the person has to be “a.....
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Bombay High Court:Civil Court Can Grant Muslim Wife Maintenance(06.08.2018)
Bombay High Court has ruled that in divorce proceedings under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, a civil court can grant maintenance, mehr.....
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Supreme Court: Muslim Women Entitled to Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC(10.07.2024)
Supreme Court has held that a Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband by filing a petition under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Proced.....
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Madras HC: Academic Break Doesn’t Let Go of Husband’s Duty to Maintain Wife and Children(20.09.2023)
Madras High Court has held that merely because husband has taken a study holiday or an Academic break to pursue a Ph.D, his duty to maintain his wife .....
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Maintenance of Escrow Account with a Scheduled Commercial Bank(17.11.2020)
1. A reference is invited to the instructions issued by Reserve Bank of India vide (a) DPSS.CO.PD.No.1164/02.14.006/2017-18 dated October 11, 2017 (up.....
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Del. HC: Wife Leaving Work to Take Care of Child Cannot be Called as Voluntary Abandonment(14.05.2025)
Delhi High Court while directing payment of interim maintenance to wife has observed that the cessation of employment by wife to take care of the chil.....
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Supreme Court Issues Guidelines on Payment of Maintenance in Matrimonial Matters(04.11.2020)
Supreme Court has issued guidelines on payment of maintenance in matrimonial matters. The Court has held that maintenance in all cases will be awarded.....
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Affluence of Wife’s Parents Irrelevant in Deciding Maintenance: Bombay High Court(10.12.2018)
Bombay High Court has said that wealth and affluence of a wife’s parents is an irrelevant circumstance in deciding her claim for interim maintenance.
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Withdrawal from fortnight beginning December 10, 2016 the need to maintain an incremental cash reserve ratio(07.12.2016)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1A) of Section 42 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, and in supersession of its notification .....
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Delhi HC: Husband’s Changed Circumstances Must be Considered While Determining Maintenance(13.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has held financial capacity of the husband with reasonable expenses for his own maintenance, and dependant family members whom he is .....
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Madhya Pradesh HC: Husband to Produce Salary Slip Can’t be Termed As Violation of Privacy(04.05.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that giving an opportunity to the husband to file his salary slip for valuable adjudication of the maintenance proc.....
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Madras High Court: Legal & Moral Duty of Husband and Children to Support Wife and Mother(26.09.2025)
Madras High Court upheld a Family Court order directing a husband and his sons to pay Rs. 21,000 monthly maintenance to their wife and mother. The cou.....
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Supreme Court: Maintenance Order not to be Stayed Unless for Very Exceptional Reasons(26.09.2019)
Supreme Court has noted that the higher Courts should not stay an order of maintenance unless there are very exceptional reasons. The Court observed t.....
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NCDRC: Builder Can't Levy Maintenance Charge on Flat Purchasers Without Occupancy Certificate(27.01.2022)
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held that in the absence of obtaining an occupancy certificate, maintenance on the project.....
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Kar. HC Issues Directions to Ensure Bound Disposal of Maintenance Applications(10.02.2023)
Karnataka High Court has issued directions to trial courts to follow a timeline, in deciding applications filed by estranged women seeking maintenance.....
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Del. HC: Maintenance to be Given to Major Child Till He Does Not Become Financially Independent(02.08.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that a child who is pursuing his education would be entitled to maintenance under Section 26 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.....
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Madras High Court Asks 'Why Marry If You Can’t Maintain Wife, Kids?'(05.05.2017)
Madras High Court, while disposing of revision petition against a maintenance case, has observed that there is unreasonable delay on part of Family Co.....
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Delhi HC Issues Directions Regarding Administration, Maintenance of Kalkaji Temple and Bari Rights(28.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued slew of directions regarding the administration and maintenance of Kalkaji Temple as also for resolution of disputes perta.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Response on Maintenance and Renovation of Kalkaji Temple Complex(07.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has sought response of Delhi Government and South Delhi Municipal Corporation with respect to the maintenance and renovation of Kalka.....
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JH HC: Maintenance Obligation Should not Make Husband Feel Like a Punishment(18.10.2023)
Jharkhand High Court has held that although it is moral duty of the husband to pay maintenance to her wife so that she may also reside in the same sta.....
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Delhi HC: Cannot Be Exempted From Maintaining Child Even If Other Spouse Earns Sufficiently Well(16.11.2017)
Delhi High Court has reiterated that a spouse cannot be exempted from contributing towards maintenance of a minor child even if the other spouse, with.....
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Requirement of customer due diligence and need for maintenance of records(06.12.2016)
It has been reported that, of late, a lot of customers are approaching banks for re-activation of dormant accounts. In this regard, we invite attentio.....
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Kerala HC: Section 23 Attracted if there was no Requirement of Providing Maintenance in Transfer Deed(11.11.2019)
Kerala High Court has observed that Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 can be invoked even if there wa.....
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Delhi High Court: No Strict Mathematical Formula to Determine Amount of Maintenance Pendente Lite(29.05.2017)
Delhi High Court has held that proportion of husband’s income to be awarded as maintenance pendente lite to wife is dependent on surrounding circumsta.....
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Bom. HC: Imprisonment Exceeding Twelve Months Can’t Be Given For Default in Payment of Maintenance(28.02.2024)
Bom. HC has observed that the Magistrate under Section 125 of CrPC can only impose imprisonment upto twelve months on 1 application for default of pay.....
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Rajasthan HC Directs State to Consider Policy on Maintenance of Life-Saving Equipment(11.06.2021)
Rajasthan High Court has directed the State Government to consider making a policy decision on the issue concerning maintenance of ventilators and oth.....
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Del. HC: High Earning Wife Not Truthfully Disclosing Her Income, Not Entitled to Maintenance(13.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that a highly qualified wife who has been earning but is not willing or inclined to truthfully disclose her true income,.....
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Supreme Court: Wife’s Capability to Earn No Reason to Reduce Maintenance Awarded to Her(20.01.2017)
Supreme Court has held that merely because wife is ‘capable of earning’, it is not a reason to reduce maintenance awarded to her.
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Delhi HC: Maintenance May Be Granted Considering Lifestyle as Parties Don’t Disclose Actual Income(20.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that in matrimonial disputes, it is seen that parties often don't disclose their actual income to the court, purportedly to .....
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Calcutta High Court: Unemployment Does Not Excuse Able-Bodied Husband from Maintaining His Wife(17.09.2025)
Calcutta High Court held that an able-bodied husband cannot refuse to maintain his wife due to unemployment. Justice Mukherjee stated that since the h.....
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Supreme Court: Brother In Law can be Ordered to Pay Maintenance to Widow Under Domestic Violence Act(27.05.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a brother in law can be ordered to pay maintenance to a widow by holding that an "An aggrieved wife or a female living.....
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All. HC: Either Pay Maintenance or Undergo DNA Test to Prove Claim of Not Being the Father(04.06.2024)
Allahabad High Court while observing that the interest of children should be of paramount consideration, has ordered a man to either pay maintenance o.....
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SC Directs Cellular Companies to Maintain CDR and Other Records Seized During Investigations(15.07.2020)
Supreme Court has issued general directions to cellular companies and internet service providers to maintain Call Detail Records (CDRs) and other rele.....
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Del. HC: Hindu Marriage Act has Gender Neutral Provision for Maintenance(22.11.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that Section 24 & 25 of HMA are gender neutral, has held that a spouse having a reasonable earning capacity but remai.....
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Ker. HC: Muslim Wife Initiating Divorce Can’t Claim Maintenance u/s 125 CrPC from Date of Khula(11.10.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that when the wife effects divorce by Khula for getting her released from husband, the same is akin to refusal of wife to l.....
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Not Mandatory To File Affidavit Of Assets, Income Etc.In Maintenance Proceedings: Delhi HC(26.12.2017)
Delhi High Court has modified its orders issued on 14 January, 2015 and 29 May, 2017, and has made it non-mandatory to file affidavit of assets, incom.....
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Kerala HC Sets Aside Order Directing Maintenance Allowance to be Deposited in Bank Account(25.02.2021)
Kerala High Court has set aside the directions issued by the Family Court directing maintenance allowance to be deposited by the father in a bank acco.....
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Gujarat HC: Wife's Job No Ground to Escape Maintenance(12.10.2016)
Gujarat HC, while deciding a case of maintenance, has told a man to feel happy about his wife's income and maintained that her earning must not be use.....
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Madras HC: GST Applicable Only on Monthly Maintenance Amount Exceeding Rs. 7500 Collected By RWAs(16.07.2021)
Madras High Court has held that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) applies not on the full amount but to monthly maintenance amount exceeding Rs. 7,500 .....
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MP HC: Section 125 CrPC Not Constituted to Create Army of Idle People Waiting For Maintenance(18.10.2024)
MP HC has held that Section 125 of CrPC, 1973 has not been constituted to create an army of idle or inactive people waiting for maintenance to be awar.....
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Bombay HC: Second Wife Need Not Prove Marriage for Maintenance if Lived Together(14.12.2015)
Bombay High Court while quashing order of sessions court refusing maintenance to a second wife by the husband, has held that it was not required for t.....
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Karnataka HC: Right to Appeal Under Maintenance Act Conferred on Both Sides(27.08.2021)
Karnataka High Court has said that the right to appeal under Section 16 (1) of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2002 is.....
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Del. HC: No Interim Maintenance When Both Spouse Are Earning Eagerly(17.10.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that provision for interim maintenance has been made only to help either spouse to sail through the litigation expens.....
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