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Under section 144(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, how is the monthly rate of…

Under section 144(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 125(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), a Magistrate of the first class may…

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Under section 144(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, how is the monthly rate of maintenance allowance determined by a Magistrate of the first class, and within what time limit should an application for interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding be disposed of as far as possible?

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Under section 144(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 125(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), a Magistrate of the first class may order a person having sufficient means to make a monthly allowance for the maintenance of his wife, child, father or mother at such monthly rate as the Magistrate thinks fit, with no statutory monetary ceiling. Under the third proviso to section 144(1), an application for the monthly allowance for the interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding shall, as far as possible, be disposed of within sixty days from the date of the service of notice of the application to such person.

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