August 8, 2025

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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

Amit Kapoor07 mins

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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Compassionate Appointment Can’t Be Sought Long After Death Of Family’s Bread Winner, Doesn’t Continue In Perpetuity: Delhi High Court

Amit Kapoor04 mins

The Delhi High Court has observed that compassionate appointment cannot be sought long after the death of a family’s bread winner and is not a right which continues in perpetuity. A division bench comprising Justice c Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla observed that compassionate appointment caters to a very specific exigency, which dies…

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