The Delhi High Court held a husband cannot rely on wife’s inherited property or family gifts to oppose maintenance, stressing her earning capacity. It said, “stridhan or inherited property cannot be treated as income to defeat her claim.”
The Bombay High Court has recently delivered a significant judgment affirming that a divorced Muslim woman retains her right to maintenance from her first husband, as per the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 (MWPA), even if she remarries. This ruling was made by Justice Rajesh Patil, who clarified that the absence […]
