Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act,1956

Act No : 78

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Section : Maintenance of wife.

18.Maintenance of wife. (1)Subject to the provisions of this section, a Hindu wife, whether married before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be entitled to be maintained by her husband during her life time. (2) A Hindu wife shall be entitled to live separately from her husband without forfeiting her claim to maintenance,- (a) if he is guilty of desertion, that is to say, of abandoning her without reasonable cause and without her consent or against her wish, or of wilfully neglecting her ; (b) if he has treated her with such cruelty as to cause a reasonable apprehension in her mind that it will be harmful or injurious to live with her husband; (c) if he is suffering from a virulent form of leprosy; (d) if he has any other wife living ; (e) if he keeps a concubine in the same house in which his wife is living or habitually resides with a concubine else- where ; (f) if he has ceased to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion ; (g) if there is any other cause justifying her living separately, (3) A Hindu wife shall not be entitled to separate residence and maintenance from her husband if she is unchaste or ceases to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion. 198

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