Hma 24 vs 125 crpc

Dear Mr. Ganesh I am telling you the difference between the claim of maintainance under both the laws....... After reading it you will definately find your answer as to why did your wife opt Section 125....

There are two statues that provide for maintenance under hindu law i.e. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 and one way is to claim under Cr.PC Section 125

A Hindu wife is entitled to maintenance if she lives separate from her husband for a justifiable cause like  husband’s desertion, cruelty , leprosy, another wife is living, concubine, conversion or any other justifiable cause.(Sec 18(2) of HAMA)

The court has power to pass interim orders of maintenance incidental or ancillary to main power.(But it is not expressly mentioned in HMA OR HAMA). Sec 24 of HMA provides for maintenance pendente lite[iii] and expenses for proceedings (for court proceedings) and Sec 25 provides for permanent maintenance and alimony.For interim maintenance only income of the claimant has to be taken into consideration and not his property and assets.

Husband’s actual as well as potential earning (his disposable income) is seen while deciding maintenance. There is a presumption that every able bodied man has capacity to earn and maintain his wife.

*If the wife’s earning is sufficient to maintain herself and live in comfort, husband could be exempted from paying maintenance. 

An application for permanent maintenance can be filed only in the court in which original petition in a matrimonial cause was filed. Under HMA order of maintenance can be secured by making it charge on propertyof non claimant ( Same provision exists in Parsi law & Christian law)

Under all matrimonial statutes, the divorce court while passing the orders may require the party to make periodical payments to the applicant or to make payment in lump sum.

Under matrimonial laws if the husband is ready to cohabit with the wife, generally, the claim of wife is defeated. However, the right of a married woman to reside separately and claim maintenance, even if she is not seeking divorce or any other major matrimonial relief has been recognized in Hindu law alone. A Hindu wife is entitled to reside separately from her husband without forfeiting her right of maintenance under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE Sec. 125- Sec 125 deals with maintenance and it is applicable to all religions.

The magistrate 1^st class of the place has the jurisdiction to entertain a petition.

Relief under it is speedy (summary proceedings) & available irrespective of pending matrimonial proceedings.Wife also includes divorced wife, who has not remarried unlike the earlier code.Wife must be unable to maintain herself. The basis is refusal or neglect of husband to maintain wife & the criterion is whether husband is capable of earning sufficient means. Burden of proof lies on husband to prove that he is not negligent. The burden of proof is on wife that she is legally wedded wife. If the marriage is void than too wife is entitled to maintenance if proof of required ceremonies or presumption of cohabitation is there. There are 2 modes of execution i.e. warrant for levying fines & imprisonment upto 1 month or till the payment is made. (Sec 125(3)). Wife’s Right to maintenance comes to an end with her remarriage. After amendment of 2001, court can order for interim maintenance & proceedings expenses. Death of a husband does not extinguish alimony order and maintenance & it is to be paid from the estate of deceased husband but only for the period till his death.

If the wife has already received her due under personal law or customary law she is not entitled to maintenance under Sec 125.

Best of Luck,

Adv. K. P. Singh Deora

Advocate and Legal Consultant

Yes maintenace can be passed in two places.

125 crpc is totally different concept. Sec 24  of HMA is just an intereim arrangement. The maintenance awarder in divorce proceedings is pendente lite   and are the expenses for the proceedings. However the maintence so awarded can be take in to consideration while deciding in 125 case.

Dear Experts,

In the same lines - wife filed DV seeking maintenance (she admitted of self employment through her 2 businesses + evidences produced by husband regarding her businesses and his investment into one of her business), DV case pending in High Court, in the meanwhile Divorce granted in Family court on petition of husband, and now the wife appealing in High court for stay on Divorce and alimony/maintenance.

Q1. Is she entitled to claim or even have a valid petition to file for maintenance in 2 places simultaneously (DV case pending, appeal against Divorce granted)?

Q2. Can she even appeal against Divorce for maintenance when DV case is under mediation period relating to maintenance?

Q3. If the Divorce appeal is unjustifyable, approx how much time it can take to vacate the stay on Divorce and dismissal of the appeal (based on trends and experience please)?

Thanks so much in advance

What you are implying is constructive res judicata.

In my opinion Crpc should not be maintainable if both HMA 24 and HMA 25 are pending. But you would need a very good and capable lawyer to put forward your point in crps 125.

Read this:

https://legalperspectives.blogspot.in/2010/03/constructive-res-judicata-law-revisited.html

She can ask 4 maint at 2 court-forums, but the ammount awarded in one decree wil be adjusted to that awarded in the other.

Hi..

What is personal law or customary law ? wife's maintenance u/s 24 was rejected by competent civil court as she is able to maintain herself. Then after that how a JMFC (u/s 125) can give a contradictory decision against the civil court's findings?  

time limit available for husband to go for appeal in district court against judgement of taluk court on maintenancecrpc 125

whether 498a FIR can be lodged twice(2007 once on husband comprise petition and  & 2013 on husband and mother-in-law(senior citizen) in same police station

@ raju

1] the limitation period for filing of criminal revision in the sessions court is 90 days

2] Yes, FIR can be filed again if it is filed on seperate subsequent cause of action.

@ my query to all ld members....just want to know, For eg: if interim HMA24 amount passed at rs 2000

later: 125 passed for 3000

and DV interim maintainence passed at rs 5000

can she ask for the higher amount to be given to her, or since hma 24 interim already passed, this interim will override the other interim petitions in 125 and DV cases.

so is my understanding correct: interim amount in all cases will be for rs 2000, since hma 24 was passed first, and order copy was submitted in other interim cases

or

she will wait for DV interim and 125 interims to be passed, and then choose the higher amount.

Also, will the interim amount have any effect on the final maintainence amount? or it gets changed?

thanks and awaiting your kind replies

wife getting maintenance U/S 24 OF HMACT from Gurgaon, Haryana court @50,000/-pm which was enhanced to RS 80,000/- PM by High Court and upheld by Supreme Court. Now she filed case u/s 125 cr p c in Saket Court, Delhi for Rs. 2,50,000/-pm maintenace. Is that allowed?

wife getting maintenance U/S 24 OF HMACT from Gurgaon, Haryana court @50,000/-pm which was enhanced to RS 80,000/- PM by High Court and upheld by Supreme Court. Now she filed case u/s 125 cr p c in Saket Court, Delhi for Rs. 2,50,000/-pm maintenace. Is that allowed?