Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 115 · Decided 2 March 2000
Rohtash Singh v. SMT. Ramendri and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 115 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 58
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 2763/1999
- Decided
- 2 March 2000
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125(4), 125; Hindu Marriage Act Section 13
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : Section 125(4)-Scope of Maintenance_-::-Desertion by wife-Decree of divorce obtained by hus­ band on the ground of desertion-Held, even a decree obtained by husband is no bar to wife for claim of maintenance as a divorced wife-But wife held not entitled to obtained a decree of divorce from the Fam­ ily Court, Meerut on the ground of desertion by the respondent-wife. An application filed by the respondent-wife, during the pendency of suit for divorce, under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was allowed by the Family
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