The Holy Quran says that the husband to look after his wife and children, especially in case they are in disablement condition, the Karnataka High Court said recently. It said this while rejecting a petition filed by a Muslim man against a maintenanc...
Read MoreA Mumbai court recently rejected the man’s argument to reduce the maintenance money payable to his estranged wife While rejecting the man’s argument to exclude the money used for his wife’s pet dogs expense from payable maintenance,...
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A wife who was in a job earlier, can’t sit at home and seek entire maintenance from her estranged husband to keep her life going smoothly instead she should also make efforts to earn something for her livelihood and thus reducing dependency on ...
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While considering the grant of stay of the interim maintenance order passed under section 125 of CrPC, the Delhi High Court has observed that a revisional court cannot put a general direction of depositing the entire maintenance amount by keeping asi...
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The sessions court refused to grant relief to the wife as she was earning way more than her husband. The wife had asked for maintenance and an increased amount for the rearing of the child. The husband had alleged the child not to be his child. The c...
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Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vikas Mahajan, a division bench of the Delhi High Court, have stated that if someone marries a person who already has a child, they cannot later claim that the child is not their responsibility. The court made it ...
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Rajnesh vs Neha & ors. BACKGROUND: Maintenance is the legal obligation that a responsible person is supposed to pay toward the welfare and upkeep of their dependent. The following judgment is delivered in a Criminal Appeal arising out of an app...
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As job losses and salary cuts across sectors became rampant during the four months of the lockdown imposed in the city due to the Covid-19 pandemic, family court lawyers fielded calls from clients seeking the court’s intervention for waiver...
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Maintenance is amount payable by the husband to his wife who is unable to maintain herself during the continuance of marriage or even after separation by obtaining a decree of divorce. It includes provisions for food, clothing, residence, medical att...
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Maintenance pendene lite is payable during the pendency of the proceedings. The payment starts from the presentation of the application and continues till the termination of the suit. There are various matrimonial statutes in India which deals with t...
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