Hindu Wife Can Claim Maintenance Against Property Sold by Husband, Full Bench Clarifies: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has delivered an important Full Bench judgment clarifying the rights of a Hindu wife to claim maintenance from her husband’s immovable property. The Court answered a long-standing legal conflict on whether the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 allows enforcement of maintenance against property that has already been sold by the husband. This ruling was delivered in Sulochana VERSUS Anitha & others, decided on 14 January…