Contribution of Working Mothers in Raising Child Alone Cannot Be Measured in Money, Child’s Maintenance Doubled: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court, while interpreting Section 125 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, delivered an important judgment on child maintenance and parental responsibility. The Court held that a father cannot avoid his duty to maintain his minor child merely because the mother is also earning, especially when she has custody and is shouldering the primary responsibility of upbringing. Background of the case and parties involved The case was filed on…