family law
Maintenance Of Wife Under Hindu And Muslim Law: Comparative Study The whole concept of maintenance was introduced in order to see that if there is a spouse who is not independent financially than the other spouse should help him/her in order to make the living of the other person possible and independent. Providing maintenance means that the other person who is getting the maintenance should be able to live the life as he or she lived before marriage in case of divorce and in case where the two partners are not living together and they seek maintenance than the spouse getting maintenance should be able to live a life as when they lived together. Maintenance is the amount which a husband is under an obligation to make to a wife either during the subsistence of the marriage or upon separation or divorce, under certain circumstances. At this point of time I would also like to mention that according to my understanding maintenance not only includes basic necessities like food, clothing...