#Revisional Application

The Calcutta High Court held that suppression of material facts and lack of clean hands disentitle a wife to maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C, setting aside the denial and ordering a trial, thus upholding clean hands doctrine in maintenance cases.

The Calcutta High Court held that Section 7(3) of the WB Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 cannot strike out a tenant’s defence unless rent arrears are admitted or judicially determined, requiring landlords to prove arrears before striking defences.