Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1190 · Decided 27 November 2007
Chaturbhuj v. Sita Bai
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1190 · [2007] 12 S.C.R. 577
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1627/2007
- Decided
- 27 November 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, AFTAB ALAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125, 482; Constitution Article 15(3), 39
Headnote
v. SITA BAI NOVEMBER 27, 2007 [DR.ARIJITPASAYAT ANDAFTABALAM,JJ.] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: A B s.125-Claim for maintenance by wife-Wife not having c sufficient means to maintain herself and husband having sufficient means-Order of maintenance by Courts below after analyzing D Article 136. s.125-Maintenance proceedings-Object of-Held: s.125 is a measure of social justice, especially enacted to protect women, children and parents when they are unable to maintain themselves, and falls within constitutional sweep of Article 12(3) reinforced by Article 39 E of the
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