The Allahabad High Court has set aside a Family Court order granting maintenance to a woman after holding that she failed to establish she was the man's legally wedded wife. She never divorced her first husband before starting to live with another man. However, the court upheld maintenance for their minor daughter, saying the father's responsibility towards his child continues under the law.

NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh high court has held that a wife is not entitled to maintenance merely because she chose to live separately due to a lack of harmony with her in-laws,…

NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court, on July 10, ruled that a man is not liable to pay maintenance to a woman as his 'wife' if she began living with him without divorcing her…