Findings Of Cruelty Against Wife Can't Be Basis To Deny Maintenance: Court
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The high court's observation came while dealing with a plea by a woman challenging a sessions court's order which had set aside a magisterial court's order directing her 65-year-old estranged husband to pay her Rs 1 lakh monthly maintenance.
The Delhi High Court has held that findings of cruelty against a wife in divorce proceedings cannot be the basis to deny her maintenance by husband under the Domestic Violence Act.
The high court's observation came while dealing with a plea by a woman challenging a sessions court's order which had set aside a magisterial court's order directing her 65-year-old estranged husband to pay her Rs 1 lakh monthly maintenance.
The sessions court had remanded it back to the magisterial court for adjudication.
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