Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 129 · Decided 30 January 2025
SMT. N. Usha Rani and ANR. v. Moodudula Srinivas
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 129 · [2025] 1 S.C.R. 1442
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 515/2025
- Decided
- 30 January 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 125; Hindu Marriage Act Section 12; Family Courts Act Section 7
Headnote
Whether a woman is entitled to claim maintenance under Section 125 CrPC from her second husband while her first marriage is allegedly legally subsisting. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.125 - Maintenance - Appellant no.1-wife of an MoU executed between them - Appellant no.1 married the respondent - Marriage declared null and void - Respondent and Appellant no.1 got re-married - However, differences arose between them, Appellant no.1 sought maintenance from the respondent - Awarded by
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