Delay in Deciding Maintenance Case Flagged as Court Emphasises S. 125 CrPC’s Object to Ameliorate Woman’s Agony and Financial Suffering: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has reaffirmed that proceedings under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 are summary in nature and are meant to prevent vagrancy and destitution. While emphasizing that a wife is legally entitled to maintenance allowing her to live with dignity and a standard of living similar to her matrimonial home, the Court, on the facts of the present case, declined to enhance the maintenance…
