Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1240 · Decided 4 November 2008
Rajesh Burmann v. Mitul Chatterjee (Burman)
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1240 · [2008] 15 S.C.R. 264
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6443/2008
- Decided
- 4 November 2008
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 151; Constitution Article 227; Hindu Marriage Act Section 36
Headnote
. ! ¥' - Maintenance - Medical reimbursement - Claim for, by wife -.Entitlement - Held: Wife is entitled to maintenance and c support under the 1954 Act- Expressions 'maintenance' and 'support' are comprehensive and .of wide amplitude and take within their sweep medical expenses - Special Act, 1 1 955 - Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. ~ D Special Marriage Act, 1954 - s.36 - Application under ,J,. ' s.151 CPC, by wife for claiming medical expenses, pending suit for dissolution of marriage· - Ma~ntainabi/ity of - Held: Maintainable - The provisions of Cdde of Civil
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