Law of Maintenance | Alteration, Modification & Cancellation of Maintenance | Live-in-Relations, Extra Marital Affair | As Per BNSS, 2023

Law of Maintenance by S.P. Tyagi and Rajesh Gupta, 3rd Edition, 2026, is a comprehensive legal reference on the law and practice relating to maintenance in India. The book examines maintenance rights and remedies across matrimonial, family, personal and social welfare laws, with updated coverage of the legal framework under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).

Key Features:

• Detailed treatment of maintenance under Section 144 of the BNSS, 2023 and corresponding Section 125 of the CrPC.
• Covers alteration, modification and cancellation of maintenance orders.
• Examines maintenance claims involving live-in relationships and extra-marital affairs.
• Discusses rights relating to stridhan and the maintenance of widowed daughters-in-law.
• Covers maintenance provisions under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
• Includes provisions under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.
• Examines relevant provisions of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 and Special Marriage Act, 1954.
• Covers the Family Courts Act, 1984 and Guardians and Wards Act, 1890.
• Includes maintenance-related provisions under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
• Covers the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007.
• Includes relevant provisions of the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936.
• Covers the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
• Discusses DNA testing and its relevance as proof of paternity.
• Updated for the latest statutory framework and developments relevant to maintenance law.

This book is ideal for advocates, judges, law students, family-law practitioners, legal researchers and litigants dealing with maintenance and matrimonial disputes.