Maintenance: Law & Practice

This new, revised, and updated edition is a thorough and in-depth study of different aspects of the law of maintenance, encompassing personal laws to the secular provisions of the newly enacted BNSS, the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, the Family Courts Act, and little-known topics of maintenance under the Army Act, the Transfer of Property Act, and Section 151 of the CPC. It also delineates the concept of palimony, maintenance under partition suit, and similar topics of interest. The enforcement mechanism has been explained in detail.

Key Features:

• Exclusive commentary on the law relating to maintenance under various personal laws.
• Detailed explanation of the concept of palimony and its legal implications.
• Comprehensive coverage of provisions relating to maintenance under the Army Act.
• Analysis of the power of Civil Courts to grant maintenance under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
• Discussion of the right to claim maintenance by a working wife and the factors governing such claims.
• Examination of the obligation of a husband in relation to Section 39 of the Transfer of Property Act.
• Detailed discussion of the legal mechanisms and procedures for enforcement of maintenance orders.

1. Law of Maintenance in India (An Overview)
2. Maintenance of Wife
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
Hindu Marriage Act
Indian Christian Marriage Act
Mohammedan Law
Special Marriage Act
Parsi Marriage & Divorce Act
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act
3. Maintenance of Child
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
Hindu Marriage Act
Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act
4. Interim Maintenance
5. Execution
6. Practice and Procedure
7. Alteration of Maintenance
8. Enforcement of Order of Maintenance
9. Maintenance of Parents and Senior Citizens
The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007
Maintenance of Parents under Criminal Law
10. Maintenance under the Divorce Act 1869
11. Alimony under the Special Marriage Act 1954
Alimony pendente lite
Permanent alimony
12. Maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
13. Maintenance under Hindu Law
A. Maintenance under Hindu Succession Act
B. Maintenance under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act
C. Maintenance under the Hindu Marriage Act
14. Maintenance of Muslim Wife
Personal Law
Criminal Law
Maintenance under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986
15. Maintenance under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936
16. Maintenance under Family Courts Act
17. Maintenance under Army Act 1950
18. Maintenance under the Foreign Marriage Act 1969
Appendices
1. The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
2. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
3. The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
4. The Divorce Act, 1869
5. The Special Marriage Act, 1954
6. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Rules, 2006
7. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986
8. The Parsi Marriage & Divorce Act, 1936 0
9. Guidelines for Affidavit of Disclosure of Assets & Liabilities in Maintenance Proceedings
Index