Case Law Analysis
|Calcutta High Court
Overlapping Maintenance Awards Under PWDV Act & Hindu Marriage Act Require Adjustment/Set-Off, Not Quashing : Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court ruled that overlapping maintenance under the PWDV Act and Hindu Marriage Act must be set-off to prevent double recovery, and that PWDV welfare proceedings cannot be quashed for procedural lapses, protecting recipients and children’s interests.