Maintenance under Criminal Procedure Code

Maintenance under Criminal Procedure Code

On 11th October 2019 Adv V Backiam,Madras High Court delivered a special lecture on maintenance under Criminal procedure Code. She emphasized that S.125 CrPC is one of tge existing examples of uniform civil code in india. It ensures that a wife irrespective of her religion is entiltled to maintenance. She also explained that only a legally married wife can claim maintenance under S 125 and it does not extent to the partners in a live in relation. They can effectively claim maintenance under DV act. She also explained how the provision which generally imposes liability only on man becomes equally applicable to a woman in case on aged parents. She summed up the class bu citing the recent case laws