Live-in partner can claim maintenance, rules Supreme Court
Rejecting the argument of the man, a Mumbaikar, that only a legally wedded wife can claim maintenance under the Hindu Marriage Act, a bench headed by Justice Vikramajit Sen upheld the Bombay High Court's order allowing her to move before the appropriate forum to claim maintenance.
The legal battle of a woman for nearly two decades finally bore fruit, when theSupreme Court on Tuesday came to her rescue and held that she could claim maintenance from her estranged live-in partner, who is already a married man.
Rejecting the argument of the man, a Mumbaikar, that only a legally wedded wife can claim maintenance under the Hindu Marriage Act, a bench headed by Justice Vikramajit Sen upheld the Bombay High Court's order allowing her to move before the appropriate forum to claim maintenance.
https://www.lawweb.in/2015/05/live-in-partner-can-claim-maintenance.html
