The Supreme Court in the case of Rajnesh v Neha (2011) made it compulsory to file an affidavit of assets and liabilities in the cases of Maintenance. The proviso to…
Enforcement of the order of maintenance is the most challenging issue, which is encountered by the applicants. If maintenance is not paid in a timely manner, it defeats the very…
There is no provision in the HMA with respect to the date from which an Order of maintenance may be made effective. Similarly, Section 12 of the D.V. Act, does…
The objective of granting interim/permanent alimony is to ensure that the dependant spouse is not reduced to destitution or vagrancy on account of the failure of the marriage, and not…
In the Case of Rajnesh vs Neha (2020), the Honorable Supreme Court got the opportunity to lay down guidelines in maintenance case. The court was of the view that there…
The HMA is a complete code which provides for the rights, liabilities and obligations arising from a marriage between two Hindus. Sections 24 and 25 make provision for maintenance to…
Chapter IX of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 provides for maintenance of wife, children and parents in a summary proceeding. Maintenance Under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure…
The D.V. Act provides relief to an aggrieved woman who is subjected to “domestic violence.” The “aggrieved person” has been defined by Section 2(a) to mean any woman who is,…
The Supreme Court Bench comprising Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice R. Subhash Reddy, had the occasion to lay down guidelines on the issue of overlapping of jurisdiction in maintenance case,…
In the case of Hoechst Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. State of Bihar, (1983) 4 SCC 45, at page 87: “67. Article 254 of the Constitution makes provision first, as to what…
