Bombay High Court Dismisses Father-in-Law's Appeal in Maintenance Claim Under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 — Maintenance Awarded to Widowed Daughter-in-Law as Father-in-Law Failed to Prove Her Self-Sufficiency. The Court Holds That the Obligation Under Section 19 Arises Only When the Widowed Daughter-in-Law Cannot Maintain Herself from Own Earnings, Husband's Estate, or Parents, and the Father-in-Law Must Have Coparcenary Property.
20 Aug 2013The appeal arose from a maintenance order passed by the Family Court, Nagpur, under Section 19 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. The r...
