The Allahabad High Court held that a husband who conceals his subsisting first marriage cannot evade maintenance by questioning the validity of the second marriage, ruling that Section 125 CrPC does not permit a person to benefit from his own fraud.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a woman married during childhood cannot be denied reasonable maintenance, observing that she was victimised first by child marriage and later by being awarded a meagre maintenance amount. The Court emphasised the need to protect the rights and dignity of women.
