Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 16 -- Adoption deed - Validity - Document is consciously silent about essential customs and rituals which are indispensable to confer legitimacy upon an adoption under Hindu Law - There is no recital whatsoever regarding performance of mandatory ceremony of giving and taking - Defendant continued to remain under care,..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - Husband contended that wife lodged complaints against him - However, it is only to protect her interest and to ensure that jewels given by her parents are safe and in the interest of child - Family Court had directed maintenance to be paid - This fact itself would show that husband had..........
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Section 144 -- Maintenance to minor child - When both parents are earning members, responsibility of maintaining child is a shared and joint responsibility...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- (Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, S.144) - Maintenance to parents-in-law - Daughter-in-law is not liable to pay maintenance to parents-in-law, as she is not included within ambit of S.125 Cr.P.C. (S.144 BNSS) - Maintenance under provision can be claimed only by persons falling within categories specifically enumerated therein..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Interim maintenance to wife and minor child - Wife had no independent source of income and is largely dependent upon support from her parents - Having regard to overall facts and circumstances of the case, absence of direct proof of fixed monthly earnings beyond contractual engagement and fact that husband is also maintaining..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to wife and minor child - Gross salary of husband is Rs.48,350 - Wife could have capacity to earn from tailoring, which may not be sufficient to support livelihood of wife and afford her to maintain the same standard of living which she will get if she was residing with husband - She is entitled to maintenance from..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to minor children - Where both parents are earning, father cannot escape his responsibility, particularly when children are residing with mother and she is bearing primary responsibility of their day-to-day care and upbringing...........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 23 -- Interim maintenance - Stridhan, inherited property or gifts received by a woman from her parents or relatives cannot be construed as a source of income so as to defeat her claim for maintenance...........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 23 -- Interim maintenance - Financial position of parents of wife is immaterial in determining quantum of maintenance...........
Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Section 23 -- Interim maintenance - Wife is presently unemployed and financially dependent - Her standard of living during marriage was evidently high and she cannot be expected to compromise her standard of living merely because husband seeks to downplay or obscure his own financial capacity - Husband belongs to a..........
