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In Sudeep Chaudhary v. Radha Chaudhary, (1997) 11 SCC 286, the Supreme Court held that maintenance awarded under the summary criminal procedure provision — now Section 144…

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In which of the following cases was it held by the Supreme Court that the amount awarded for maintenance under the criminal procedure maintenance provision (now Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) is adjustable against the interim alimony awarded in a matrimonial proceeding under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and is not to be given over and above the same?

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In Sudeep Chaudhary v. Radha Chaudhary, (1997) 11 SCC 286, the Supreme Court held that maintenance awarded under the summary criminal procedure provision — now Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973) — is adjustable against interim alimony awarded under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and is not to be given over and above it. Satya v. Teja Singh concerned recognition of foreign divorce decrees, and Yamuna Bai v. Anant Rao concerned the status of a second wife in a void marriage.

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