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Wife’s MBA degree or past employment with MNCs can’t stop her from demanding maintenance, rules HCAn Allahabad High Court ruling states a wife's education or earning potential does not disqualify her from maintenance. The court considere...- Fishermen are being pushed to the brink by fuel costs in Southeast AsiaRising energy, freight, and supply chain expenses are escalating seafood prices globally. Governments offer aid, but it's stretched thin, i...
- NC-JCM 49th annual meeting: Pension hike, CGHS expansion & medical allowance boost on agendaThe NC-JCM will hold its 49th annual meeting on May 11, 2026, to discuss key issues impacting central government employees and pensioners. ...
- Divorced daughter eligible for father’s pension if dependency proven, rules high courtA divorced daughter, deserted by her husband, can claim her late father's family pension if dependency existed during his lifetime, even if...
- Justice Lisa Gill becomes first woman chief justice of Andhra HCJustice Lisa Gill has made history as the first woman to lead the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium recommended her el...
- Husband can’t be ordered to pay child maintenance if DNA test conclusively proves he is not the father, rules Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court ruled a husband is not obligated to pay child maintenance if a DNA test confirms he is not the biological father, even if...
- Unmarried adult daughter entitled to maintenance money even after father remarries: Chhattisgarh High CourtThe Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that an unmarried adult daughter is legally entitled to maintenance from her father, even if he has remar...
- Wife hid her Rs 1 lakh monthly salary; Madras High Court cuts her maintenance payment from Rs 15,000 to Rs 10,000The Madras High Court has reduced a wife's interim maintenance from Rs 15,000 to Rs 10,000. The court found she had concealed her actual in...
- Adult son, daughter take father to court seeking financial support for education; win case under Hindu lawA father must financially support his adult son and daughter's education. The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled in favor of the children se...
- Earning, divorced wife not to pay for child’s maintenance; husband has to bear entire expense, rules Delhi High courtThe Delhi High Court rejected a husband's plea for making his wife pay equal share of child maintenance expenses. The court gave important ...
- Unmarried, widowed daughter entitled to deceased father's estate not divorced daughter: Delhi High CourtThe high court made the observation while dismissing an appeal filed by a divorced woman challenging a family court order which had rejecte...
- Both parents liable for child maintenance, not solely the father's responsibility: High CourtThe Uttarakhand High Court has ruled that both parents are responsible for the maintenance of a child, overturning the traditional notion t...
- Maintenance matter: Daughters are not liability, says Supreme CourtThe apex court had in October 2020 noted that the counsel appearing for the applicants had stated that no amount was paid towards the arrea...
- Money & relationships: What to do if husband does not pay child support after divorceIn many cases, the father either pays reluctantly or stops paying maintenance for the child altogether, leaving the mother to fend for hers...
- Does a married daughter have legal rights over her father's property?According to the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act,2005, a daughter has the same right as the son over their father’s ancestral property. Ho...
- Gujarat man sent to jail for over 4 years for failing to pay maintenance to old parentsFamily court judge M K Parekh ordered that Kantibhai Solanki be arrested, after he told the court that he had no money to pay the monthly m...
- Unmarried daughter who is above 18 can claim maintenance from father: High CourtThe couple, which got married in 1988, got separated in 1997. Their three children -- two boys and one girl -- lived with the mother.
- Father must maintain son only till he's 18: Gujarat HCGujarat HC ruled that a parent is liable to maintain a son till he attains the age of majority and not till he is able to stand on his legs...
- 'Child can't be allowed to suffer due to matrimonial dispute'A Delhi court said that a child should not suffer due to a matrimonial dispute between parents whose duty is to provide all basic amenities...
- Father has to provide for maintenance of unmarried daughter: Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court has held that a father is duty-bound to provide maintenance to his unmarried daughter till she enters into wedlock.
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