Interim Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC Must Ordinarily Be Granted From Date of Application: Delhi High Court

In an important decision concerning Section 125 Criminal Procedure Code, the Delhi High Court clarified that interim maintenance to a wife and minor children should normally be granted from the date when the maintenance application is filed before the court. The Court held that if maintenance is granted from a later date without strong reasons, it would defeat the purpose of the law which is meant to protect women and…