Some years back, I was sucked into the labyrinth of Indian Matrimonial laws and a false 498a in particular. To be fair, before it hit me, it was difficult for me to fathom the wide spread misuse of dowry laws and specially 498a in India.
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The Calcutta High Court on Friday set aside an order for monthly interim maintenance of Rs 80,000, previously granted by the trial court to a wife. Justice Suvra Ghosh noted that the wife had already received Rs 32 lakhs from the husband under a memorandum of understanding and was employed herself. The court held: Given […]
Laws Related To Maintenance In India I wrote an article about how multiple maintenance provisions are a paradise for Hindu wives. I have been asked time and again, what are the other laws related to maintenance in India, specifically for different religions, including Muslim Women? It was a misconception that Muslim Women could not seek […]
How Courts Decide Maintenance Over and over again, whenever there is a dispute in the marriage, one question arises. How much maintenance has to be given to the wife? The question also takes many shapes, from I earn X amount, how much maintenance I have n children, how much maintenance She file for divorce, so […]
CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT JUSTICE Sanjay K. Agrawal Hemlata Karayat Vs. Vijay Kumar Karayat On 7 August 2014 Law Point: Claim from second husband — Void marriage — Effect of — Wife admitted that she was earlier married and no divorce has taken place — Second husband was not required to seek formal declaration from competent […]
MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT JUSTICE B.D. Rathi ANIL JAIN Vs. SHILPA JAIN On 11 November 2014 Law Point: Future salary is not tangible corporeal property available for seizure — Only when salary became payable and takes shape of tangible corporeal property it can be attached for realization of arrear as well as current maintenance according […]
JHARKHAND HIGH COURT JUSTICE D.K. Sinha Vineeta Devi Vs. Bablu Thakur & Anr. On 25 April 2011 Law Point: Statutory provision by which “wife” has been defined cannot be liberalized in terms of Section 125, Cr.PC — Statute sanctions an illegitimate child from father is entitled for maintenance but such sanction of maintenance not provided […]
Madhya Pradesh High Court JUSTICE Vandana Kasrekar Pradeep Jain Vs. Manjulata Jain Modi & Anr. On 5 July 2018 Law Point: Maintenance Grant of to wife and not child of another father or mother of another person Non-applicant No. 2 is daughter of Ist marriage of wife non-applicant No. 1 and not of applicant. Family […]
Supreme Court of India JUSTICE G.B. Pattanaik & U.C. Banerjee Khemchand Om Prakash Sharma Vs. State Of Gujrat & Anr. On 25 February 2000 Law Point: Second wife not entitled to claim maintenance where first wife is alive and there has been no annulment of marriage by decree of divorce or otherwise : Courts below […]
Rajasthan High Court JUSTICE Vijay Kumar Vyas Mukesh Vs. Sangeeta On 25 July 2017 Law Point: Parties legally married to each other and respondent-wife not able to maintain herself — Respondent-wife willingly left petitioner-husband and living with some other person alleged to be her new husband — Courts below did not consider matter in right […]
Bombay High Court JUSTICE K.L. Wadane Bhagwat Pitambar Borse Vs. Anusayabai Bhagwat Borse & Anr. On 8 February 2018 Law Point: Divorce granted in favour of petitioner-husband — Order of Civil Court attained finality — Question of ‘adultery’ finally determined by Civil Court and that finding confirmed by first Appellate Court and this Court in […]