Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 342 · Decided 3 November 1988
SMT. Kuldip Kaur v. Surinder Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 342 · [1988] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 762
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 4/1983
- Decided
- 3 November 1988
- Bench
- M.P. THAKKAR, S. NATARAJAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125
Headnote
KULDIP KAUR v. SURINDER SINGH AND ANR. NOVEMBER. 3, 1988 [M.P. THAKKAR AND S. NATARAJAN, JJ.) Code of Criminal Procedure, 197.3-Sections 125 to 128-Distinc­ tion to be made between mode of enforcement and mode of satisfaction of maintenance order-Sentencing the person to jail is ti mode of for failing to pay arrears of maintenance would be tantamount to satisfaction of the order of maintenance even though arrears of main­ tenance allowance remain unrecovered in fact-Held no. Actual pay- D ment must be made for satisfaction of the order. The appellant was awarded maintenance for
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