Maintenance Denied as Court Finds Woman Was Not Legally Divorced: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court delivered an important judgment clarifying the legal requirement of marital status for claiming maintenance under Section 125 Criminal Procedure Code now replaced by Section 144 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. The judgment was delivered on January 20, 2026, by Justice Pranjal Das in a criminal revision filed by Tufazzul Hussain, challenging a maintenance order passed in favour of Fulmala Khatun by the Family Court at Barpeta. Background…
