MUMBAI: Over 10 years after she was forced to leave her matrimonial house with her two children, a Muslim woman now has a reason to smile. The Bombay high court recently held that she was entitled to maintenance from her husband under section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).
Abdul Majid (44), a labourer from [...]
NEW DELHI: Insufficient means may no longer be an excuse to deny maintenance to your estranged wife if the National Commission for Women (NCW) has its way. The Commission is also considering amendments to section 125, 126 and 127 of the Criminal Procedure Code to expand the ambit of maintenance to include adopted children, step-parents [...]
Another Judgment says, Educated and capable women will not entitled to claim money from husband and this judge says other way. Or they are not aware what they are talking about ?
NEW DELHI: A man cannot refuse to pay maintenance to his estranged wife on the ground that she is capable of maintaining herself, a [...]