Case Law Analysis
|Karnataka High Court
Section 144(2) BNSS | Wife’s Waiver of Maintenance in Mutual Divorce Bars Interim Maintenance Claim : Karnataka HC
Karnataka High Court holds that a wife’s explicit waiver of maintenance in mutual divorce proceedings estops her from claiming interim maintenance under Section 144(2) BNSS, while affirming the minor child’s independent right to Rs. 5,000 per month. The ruling clarifies the binding nature of mutual divorce agreements on future maintenance claims.