{"id":7350,"date":"2017-06-19T20:52:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T15:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lexwarrier.org\/?p=725"},"modified":"2023-07-01T15:58:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T15:58:24","slug":"husband-not-bound-to-provide-maintenance-to-qualified-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lex-warrier.in\/archives\/husband-not-bound-to-provide-maintenance-to-qualified-wife.html","title":{"rendered":"[Breaking] Husband not bound to provide maintenance to qualified wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While considering a <strong>petition for maintenance<\/strong> ((<strong><em>Firdos Mohd. Shoeb Khan v. Mohd. Shoeb Mohd Salim Khan<\/em><\/strong><em>, <\/em>decided on 20-02-2015, Family Court, Mumbai))under<strong> Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure<\/strong>, a <strong>Family Court at Mumbai<\/strong> held that, a wife who is well educated\/qualified and capable of<strong>earning livelihood<\/strong> cannot sit idle at home and <strong>claim maintenance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While delivering the judgement it was observed by the court that, provisions of <strong>Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure<\/strong> is widely misused in todays\u2019 world. It was further observed by the court that, in those cases where the wife is <strong>well educated<\/strong> and qualified enough to <strong>earn her livelihood<\/strong>, one cannot impose burden on the <strong>husband to provide maintenance<\/strong> to such qualified wife who is just sitting idle at home.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read more on <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lexwarrier.org\/breaking-right-to-maintenance-an-absolute-right-under-section-125-crpc.html\">Right to maintenance an absolute right under Section 125, Cr. PC<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While considering the present case, court observed that, the petitioner wife is a well-qualified and educated woman and capable enough to earn her livelihood. Hence, court considering the judgement in<strong><em>Mamta Jaiswal v. Rajesh Jaiswal<\/em><\/strong> ((2000 (3) MPLJ 100)), rejected the petition filed by the wife and held that, <strong><em>the wife who is well qualified and claiming maintenance by sitting idle is not entitled to get maintenance<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It was a case, where the wife (petitioner) filed the <strong>petition under Section 125 of Cr. PC<\/strong> claiming maintenance from her husband. Though the court rejected the petition and the claim of the petitioner, court neither accepted the initial contentions of the respondent husband that, the <strong>petition for maintenance is not maintainable<\/strong> on the ground that, their marriage was dissolved by way of <strong>talaq<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Court further made it clear that, the term \u201c<strong>wife<\/strong>\u201d as mentioned under the <strong>Section 125 of Cr.PC<\/strong> is an inclusive term where it includes even a <strong>divorcee wife<\/strong> and the same is <strong>equally applicable to a Muslim women<\/strong>. However, the right to maintenance can be enjoyed only till her remarriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While considering a petition for maintenance ((Firdos Mohd. Shoeb Khan v. Mohd. 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