With advent of new form of granting maintenance, Ad-interim, judicial adventurism went into overdrive with a feminist agenda to keeping the gender bias alive. Not long ago, usual strategy for a gender biased law victim/498A victim was to wait for evi...
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“As per the Hindu Marriage Act, divorce maintenance is about the husband providing financial support for his wife’s living expenses. Generally, it’s not just the wife but the children and her parents are equally entitled to receiving financial aid fr...
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The Supreme Court of India has held that a Magistrate who passes an order on settlement between parties under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) has the power to recall or set aside the Order if terms of the same are violated, and S...
Read MoreThe Kerala High Court has held that a father's pensionary benefits are not immune from attachment towards payment of maintenance to children.
Read MoreThe Punjab and Haryana High Court directed all family courts in the state to insist on affidavit of assets, income & expenditure in all matrimonial cases, to avoid unnecessary burden on wives seeking maintenance.
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