Bombay High Court Allows Husband's Petition for Restitution of Conjugal Rights and Dismisses Wife's Petition for Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC — Wife's Refusal to Return to Matrimonial Home Without Reasonable Excuse Constitutes Desertion. The court held that a wife who deserts her husband without reasonable excuse is not entitled to maintenance under Section 125 CrPC and the husband is entitled to restitution of conjugal rights under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
1 Apr 2005The judgment concerns two cross-petitions arising from a matrimonial dispute between Rajashree alias Vanita (wife) and Rajesh Nagesh Dixit (husband). ...




