Shivkumar Ma and Ors. v. the State of Karnataka and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Maintenance petition under Section 125 CrPC by a wife alleging harassment for dowry, physical assault and expulsion from the marital home after about four years of marriage. The Family Court granted interim maintenance; on appeal, considering her lack of independent income and the husband's failure to prove she could maintain herself, the petition was allowed.
What did the court decide?
Maintenance allowed to the complainant wife; proceedings pending before the Family Court against respondents 2 and 3 concerned only.