CUTTACK: The Odisha High Court has ruled that a wife cannot be denied interim maintenance even after her marriage is declared null and void.
The court gave the ruling in a case filed by Bipasa Sahoo, who had sought the alimony while challenging the decree of a Family Court that had declared her marriage null and void two years ago.
Bipasa had invoked Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for interim maintenance. This was opposed by her husband Amitava Basu with the argument that she was not entitled to interim maintenance under Section 24 of the Act as the marriage had already been declared null and void on the grounds of suppression of material fact.
