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Married Daughter - Legally liable to pay maintenance to indigent mother under Section 125 of the CrPC; courts have upheld this obligation, emphasizing that a married daughter cannot be exempt from maintenance duties solely due to marriage INDIRA SUBHASH vs RAJAMMA - Kerala.
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Daughter’s Maintenance Rights - A daughter is entitled to claim maintenance until she marries or attains the age of majority; both parents are liable to contribute proportionally based on their income Mukesh Kumar Aggarwal VS Samriti @ Meeshu (Minor) - Current Civil Cases, HARIBHAI SHAMBHUBHAI BHUVA vs STATE OF GUJARAT - Gujarat.
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Maintenance of Unmarried Daughter - Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, an unmarried daughter can claim maintenance until she marries or becomes self-sufficient; lack of independent income does not absolve her from this obligation Mukesh Kumar Aggarwal VS Samriti @ Meeshu (Minor) - Current Civil Cases, NASSAR, vs AKHILA, - Kerala.
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Liability of Parents - Both parents are responsible for maintaining their children, including married and unmarried daughters, with courts emphasizing that the obligation persists regardless of the daughter's marital status, provided she lacks sufficient means NOXI BASHEER, Vs THE STATE OF KERALA - Kerala, Chakkingal Achuthankutty Nair VS Chakkingal Seethakutty - Current Civil Cases.
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Court's View on Liability - Courts have consistently held that married daughters are liable to maintain their indigent mother, and the obligation is enforceable under Section 125 CrPC; the daughter's marriage does not automatically exempt her from maintenance responsibilities INDIRA SUBHASH vs RAJAMMA - Kerala.
Analysis and Conclusion:
The legal position clearly establishes that a married daughter remains liable to pay maintenance to her indigent mother under Section 125 of the CrPC. Courts have reinforced that this obligation persists regardless of the daughter's marital status, provided she lacks sufficient means of sustenance. The law recognizes maintenance rights for daughters until they marry or become financially independent, and both parents are generally responsible for contributing to the maintenance of their children, including married daughters.
Search Results for "Married Daughter Liable to Pay Maintanance to Mother"
2010 Supreme(Online)(KER) 28832 • India - High Court of Kerala
M.N.KRISHNAN, J
Issues: Whether a married daughter is legally obligated to pay maintenance to her indigent mother under Section 125 of the ... mother. ... Section 125 - The court upheld that a married daughter has a legal obligation to maintain her indigent parents, interpreting Section ... Learned counsel for the revision petitioner strongly contend that the liability to pay maintenance cannot be cast on a married#HL_E....
2012 0 Supreme(P&H) 1265 • India - Punjab and Haryana
L.N.MITTAL
payable to the daughter. ... --Claim by minor--Both parents of a child are liable to contribute to maintenance of the child in proportionate of their income. ... the age of majority whereas female child is entitled to maintenance till attaining the age of majority or till getting married whichever ... The said amount of maintenance shall be payable from the date of filing of the petition under Section 25 of the Act till the daughter attains the age of majority or till....
2022 Supreme(Online)(KER) 41784 • India - High Court of Kerala
Issues: Whether the father was liable to pay the claimed maintenance and marriage expenses to his unmarried daughter, considering ... Ratio Decidendi: The court established that a father, regardless of religious background, is liable for the maintenance and ... Fact of the Case: The daughter filed for maintenance and marriage expenses against her father, alleging cruelty and ... liable under his Personal Law to pay#HL_....
• India - Current Civil Cases
L.N.MITTAL
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956—Section 20—Miantenance—Right of unmarried daughter—A male child is entitled to maintenance ... till attaining age of majority whereas female child is entitled to maintenance till attaining age of majority or till getting married ... whichever is later—Both parents of a child are liable to contribute to maintenance of child in proportionate of their income—Gross ... The said amount of maintenance shall be pay....
1963 0 Supreme(Ori) 90 • India - Orissa
S.BARMAN, G.K.MISRA
Whether defendant 1 was liable to pay maintenance to the plaintiffs? Ratio Decidendi: 1. ... The Court further found that defendant 1 had deserted the plaintiffs from March 1953 and that he was liable to pay maintenance to ... The Court held that defendant 1 was liable to pay maintenance to the plaintiffs from March 1953 on the basis of the following provisions ... Defendant-1 is therefore liable to pay#H....
2015 0 Supreme(Guj) 695 • India - Gujarat
J.B.PARDIWALA
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – Section 125 – Maintenance – Entitlement of minor step-daughter – Court could order a step-parent ... for at least two years or married to child’s parent for any length of time and contributed to child’s support or maintenance for ... to pay child support in three contingencies – Step-parent was either in a marriage-like (common law) relationship with child’s parent ... Before ordering maintenance in favour of a father or a mother agains....
• India - Gujarat High Court
S.G. SHAH, J
(A) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Section 125 - Maintenance - Eligibility for maintenance of married daughter - Supreme Court ... judgments indicate that married daughters can claim maintenance until they marry or start earning - Comparisons made with decisions ... claims by major daughters discussed. ... Kashirao Rajaram Sawai and another reported in (1987)2 SCC 278, the Supreme Court has held that the daughter either #HL_ST....
2021 Supreme(Online)(KER) 15335 • India - High Court of Kerala
SUNIL THOMAS, J
Fact of the Case: The petitioners, married daughters of the fourth respondent, were ordered to pay maintenance under ... Issues: The main issue revolved around whether the daughters could be held liable for maintenance given their lack of independent ... Ratio Decidendi: The court determined that the lack of independent income did not absolve the daughters from their statutory ... Both the petitioners were educated by him, married#HL_EN....
• India - Current Civil Cases
C.T.RAVIKUMAR
from their daughter/daughters whether married or not, provided father or mother is unable to maintain himself or herself—However ... , in respect of such claim it is incumbent on court to satisfy that married daughter/daughters concerned got sufficient means of ... Criminal Procedure Code, 1973—Section 125—Maintenance—Responsibility to maintain mother—Parents are entitled to claim maintenance ... The parents are al....
2022 0 Supreme(Ker) 289 • India - Kerala
M.R.ANITHA
maintenance to the daughters till they got married is not in consonance with the provisions of the Act and also the settled position ... of law and hence is liable to be interfered with. ... continued the ill-treatment and harassment – Section 20of the Act envisages the powers of the Magistrate to direct the respondent to pay ... He was also directed to pay maintenance at the rate of Rs.4,000/-to the elder daughter and Rs.2,000/-each to younger #HL_S....
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