New Delhi, March 21 -- The law providing financial support to wives, children and parents was implemented to maintain equality and not promote idleness, the Delhi high court held while upholding a city court's order denying maintenance to a woman from her estranged husband.
Section 125 of the CrPC, now replaced by section 144 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), enables wives, children or parents to claim maintenance in case a person with sufficient means neglects or refuses to maintain them.
A bench of justice Chandra Dhari Singh in his verdict delivered on Wednesday, opined that qualified wives capable of earning a livelihood should not remain idle solely to gain maintenance from her husband.
"This court is of the view that...