Expansive Interpretation To Be Given To Term ‘Wife’ In Maintenance Cases Where Man & Woman Live Together For Reasonably Long Period: Allahabad High Court

Expansive Interpretation To Be Given To Term ‘Wife’ In Maintenance Cases Where Man & Woman Live Together For Reasonably Long Period: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has reaffirmed that a very broad and expansive interpretation is required to be given to the term ‘wife’ for maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. to include those cases where a man and woman have been living together as husband and wife for a reasonable long period of time. The High Court…

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Allahabad High Court to hear plea challenging validity of Uttar Pradesh Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Temple Trust Ordinance today

The Allahabad High Court will hear on Thursday, a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of The Uttar Pradesh Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Temple Trust Ordinance, 2025, promulgated by the Governor on May 26, 2025. The matter will be heard by the Division Bench of Justice Arindam Sinha and Justice Manjive Shukla. The plea has…

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Family Pension Beyond Employee’s Unilateral Control, Estranged Wife's Pension Can't Be Revoked By Nomination: Allahabad High Court

Family Pension Beyond Employee’s Unilateral Control, Estranged Wife’s Pension Can’t Be Revoked By Nomination: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court observed that family pension is statutory and beyond the employee’s unilateral control. Thus, the family pension is a statutory entitlement of the legally wedded spouse and cannot be revoked or excluded by any declaration, nomination or action of the deceased employee. A writ was filed against the order of the Finance…

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