Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 798 · Decided 28 November 1995
Gurmit Kaur v. Surjit Singh @ Jeet Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 798 · [1995] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 739
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1593/1995
- Decided
- 28 November 1995
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, S.B. MAJMUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : Section 125-Expression 'living separately by mutual consent'-Held: A B Relevant only during subsistance of marriage and not thereafter. C Maintenance-Divorce agreement between husband and wife-Ter­ mination of marital statu~Wife living separately by mutual and D the respondent-husband both were residing separately by mutual consent. The Magistrate allowed wife's claim for maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and granted a sum of Rs. 200 per month to the appellant and Rs. 100 per month to her minor son. On
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