HAMA | Widowed Daughter-In-Law Entitled to Maintenance from Father-In-Law and Brother-In-Law: Jharkhand High Court
In a significant ruling protecting the rights of widows and their children, the Jharkhand High Court has upheld an order granting monthly maintenance to a widowed daughter-in-law and her two minor children from her father-in-law and brother-in-law under Section 19 and Section 22 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. The decision was delivered by a Division Bench comprising Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Rajesh Kumar in First…
