It is indisputable that the application of S.125 of Code of Criminal Procedure would arise, when a man neglects or refrains ...

The ruling came in two cross-revision petitions filed by Kakhashan Khan and her ex-husband Gayasuddin Khan, challenging a ...

The Supreme Court has decided to examine if a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to a claim of maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) against her former husband — ...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the rejection of a wife's application for maintenance ...

Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a divorced Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled ...

A bench of justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih ruled that Section 125 CrPC, which deals with a wife's legal right to maintenance, applies to all women and a divorced Muslim female can ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that divorced Muslim women are entitled to maintenance under the ‘secular’ Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. A separate but concurring judgment by a ...

If Section 125 of the CrPC is also resorted to by a divorced Muslim woman, as per the definition under the 1986 Act, then any order passed under the provisions of 1986 Act shall be taken into ...

The Karnataka High Court ruled that family courts cannot issue Look Out Circulars (LOCs) for maintenance default under ...

In a significant judgement delivered on May 9, 2025, the High Court of Chhattisgarh held that a wife who is divorced on the grounds of adultery is not entitled to alimony/maintenance under Section 125 ...

The Dharwad bench of the Karnataka high court ruled that a daughter-in-law cannot seek maintenance from parents-in-law under Section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code. Justice V Srishananda allowed the ...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and said the "secular and religion neutral ...