Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 546 · Decided 15 September 2020
Abhilasha v. Parkash & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 546 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 244
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 615/2020
- Decided
- 15 September 2020
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, M.R. SHAH, R. SUBHASH REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125, 125(1), 488; Family Courts Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.125 - Whether a Hindu unmarried daughter is entitled to claim maintenance from her father under s.125 Cr.P.C. only till she attains majority or she can claim maintenance till she remains unmarried - Held: The Scheme under s.125(1) of maintenance by an unmarried daughter, who has attained majority is admissible only when by reason of any physical or mental abnormality or injury, she is unable to maintain herself - However, an unmarried Hindu daughter can claim maintenance from her father till she is married in
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