Welfare Scheme House Allotment to Wife Does Not Disentitle Her from Claiming Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that allotment of a residential house to a woman under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana or any other welfare scheme cannot be treated as a source of livelihood so as to disentitle her from claiming maintenance under Section 125 CrPC. The Court further observed that an able-bodied husband cannot avoid his statutory duty to maintain his wife merely by claiming unemployment or a meagre…
