Able-Bodied Husband Cannot Refuse To Maintain Wife Merely Due To His Unemployment: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court, in a crucial ruling under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, has reaffirmed that an able-bodied, young man cannot evade his legal obligation to provide maintenance to his wife simply by citing unemployment. Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, while hearing CRR 2556 of 2023, held that a husband’s social, legal, and moral responsibility to maintain his wife does not vanish due to loss of employment…
