Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 20 -- Maintenance to major unmarried daughter - Major Hindu daughter is entitled to maintenance from her father u/s 20 HAMA as long as major daughter is unmarried and is unable to maintain herself out of her own earnings and property - Mere fact that no application is filed under..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.144) - Maintenance to wife - Separated life of a wife for a valid cause is recognized by law and that will not stand in the way of raising a claim for maintenance u/s 125 Cr.P.C. (S.144 BNSS)...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.144) - Maintenance to wife - Expression `unable to maintain' in S.125 Cr.P.C. must be interpreted to mean actual inability to sustain rather than mere potential earning capacity - Expression does not mean mere capacity or capability to earn...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.144) - Maintenance to wife - Highly qualified wife if not working and earning, cannot be denied maintenance on the ground that she has capacity to earn - In other words, a highly qualified jobless wife is entitled to maintenance until she secures sufficient means to support herself...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(4) -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.144(4) - Maintenance to wife - Adultery - Single instance of adulterous conduct is not enough to disqualify wife from claiming maintenance rather, there must be evidence of continuous adulterous behavior - In brief, there should be proof that wife is habitually engaging in an..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(4) -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.144(4) - Maintenance to wife - Adultery - Wife of `A' with whom respondent/wife is leading adulterous life had filed divorce petition on ground of adultery - Said circumstantial evidence are sufficient to establish the factum of `living in adultery' on a balance of preponderance..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(4) -- (Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, S.144(4) - Maintenance to wife - Adultery - Husband is not required to prove adulterous act beyond a reasonable doubt - Adultery typically occurs in secrecy, making direct proof rare - Adultery can often be established through circumstantial evidence, provided circumstances lead..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife and children - Determination of income of husband - Deductions - Availing of loans by husband and its repayment and payment towards insurance premium, GPF, SLI, etc. are to be reckoned as personal savings and shall not be reduced from actual income to quantify amount of maintenance - Moreover, showing some..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife and child - Wife and child have no independent source of income for their survival and at the relevant time child was studying in LKG - Net income of husband is Rs.19,574 - Family Court rightly granting Rs.6,000 to wife and Rs.3,500 to minor daughter as monthly maintenance...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife - Framing points for determination is mandatory - Order of maintenance to contain the point or points for determination, decision thereon and reasons for the decision...........
