Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Section 125 CrPC | Maintenance Obligation Survives Post-Order Divorce Findings; Marital Conduct After Order Irrelevant : Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has ruled that a husband’s duty to pay maintenance under Section 125 CrPC cannot be nullified by later divorce proceedings that attribute fault to the wife. The obligation is statutory, ongoing, and independent of subsequent marital conduct, with arrears enforceable within 60 days - protecting economically vulnerable wives even after divorce.