Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(4) -- Maintenance - Divorce on ground of desertion - Divorced wife even when she had deserted the husband is entitled to maintenance but only from the date of decree of divorce...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Adultery - No evidence on record to prove the factum of adultery by wife - However, husband on the other hand admitted his marriage with other woman and birth of four children from her - This alone furnishes sufficient ground for wife to live separately from husband - Wife entitled to maintenance -..........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 -- Domestic violence - Maintenance - Husband contracted second marriage during subsistence of first marriage - Cruelty on wife stood established - Such act constitutes mental domestic violence - Wife held, entitled to seek maintenance under the Act...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Wife employed on contractual basis for six months at a salary of Rs.20,347/- - Wife and husband together were spending at least Rs.30,000/- per month on themselves - Wife is entitled to enjoy similar lifestyle which she enjoyed in the matrimonial home - Maintenance pendente lite awarded at Rs.15,000/- per..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife and minor daughter - Husband contended that wife living separately without any sufficient cause though he is ready to keep her with him - However, evidence shows that husband filed divorce petition just one month after filing of application u/s 127 Cr.P.C. and without waiting for outcome of mediation, which..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance - Wife living separately - Wife is entitled to get maintenance if she proves sufficient reason for separate living...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance - Wife living separately - Allegation of demand of dowry and cruelty by husband - Perusal of FIR and MLC report shows that there are criminal cases pending against husband - Wife justified to live separately - Wife is entitled to maintenance...........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 12 -- Maintenance - Wife driven out from matrimonial home claiming maintenance for herself and for her child - However, wife is educated and holds a degree of M.A and B.Ed and even working as a teacher but she has not disclosed the information relating to her employment - Wife not entitled to any maintenance -..........
Mohammedan Law -- Claim of maintenance - Matrimonial appeal filed by wife and children seeking past maintenance - Wife allegedly not entitled to past maintenance since they belong to Hanafi sect of Sunnis - Insufficient evidence to prove parties follow Hanafi school of law or for matter that this law is generally applicable to all Muslims in Kerala - Noticeable variation..........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 12 -- Maintenance - Wife residing with her i, laws in the house which was in the name of husband - It was the husband who left the shared household - However, that would not relieve him from paying maintenance to wife and children - More so, aged father-i, law has also supported wife/daughter-i, law - Whereas,..........
