Maintainance To Wife And Child

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that in a dispute between husband and wife the liability and responsibility of the father to maintain the child continues till the son attains the age of majority.

Coming to the aid of a destitute woman, a local court has directed her estranged husband to pay Rs 4,800 per month as maintenance to her and their child in a domestic violence case saying he "cannot be permitted to run away" from his responsibility.

Thirteen-year-old Pooja maintained her composure as she narrated her agonies to the media about the repeated physical and mental violence that she was subjected to by her employers at Hebbal, for almost a year. Pooja was rescued by the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) on Wednesday, after they got a call from a cons...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that in a dispute between husband and wife the liability and responsibility of the father to maintain the child continues till the son attains the age of majority.

Coming to the aid of a destitute woman, a local court has directed her estranged husband to pay Rs 4,800 per month as maintenance to her and their child in a domestic violence case saying he "cannot be permitted to run away" from his responsibility.

Thirteen-year-old Pooja maintained her composure as she narrated her agonies to the media about the repeated physical and mental violence that she was subjected to by her employers at Hebbal, for almost a year. Pooja was rescued by the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) on Wednesday, after they got a call from a cons...