Though the wife was working and drawing a monthly salary of Rs. 36,000, the trial court had directed the husband to pay her ...

A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih ruled that Section 125 CrPC, which deals with a wife's legal right to maintenance, applies to all women and a divorced Muslim female can ...

While observing that a wife is not entitled to maintenance under section 125 of criminal procedure code (CrPC) if she is ...

Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a divorced Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled ...

The Bench said that there may be some instances where a person, who for the time being, is able to maintain himself or herself, but thereafter, loses her/his resources because of changed circumstances ...

In a significant observation, the Allahabad High Court on Friday said that a wife who is earning and living a better life ...

The Supreme Court has decided to examine if a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to a claim of maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) against her former husband — ...

NEW DELHI: In a significant decision, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which ...

Section 125 of the CrPC applies to all non-Muslim divorced women," the top court said. "Insofar as divorced Muslim women are concerned, - i) Section 125 of the CrPC applies to all such Muslim women, ...