No Maintenance Under Domestic Violence Act For “Refusal Or Neglect” To Maintain Wife: Bombay High Court
When no domestic violence is found in a domestic violence case, maintenance cannot be awarded to wife on the ground that husband refused and neglected to maintain her, the Bombay High Court held recently. Justice SG Mehare of Aurangabad bench observed that the concept of “refusal and neglect to maintain wife” given in section 125 CrPC does not exist in the Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act).