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Under section 144(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which set gives three…

Section 144(4) treats living in adultery, refusal to live with the husband without sufficient reason, and separation by mutual consent as independent bars to receiving…

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Under section 144(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, which set gives three circumstances that each independently bar a wife in a subsisting marriage from receiving maintenance from her husband?

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Section 144(4) treats living in adultery, refusal to live with the husband without sufficient reason, and separation by mutual consent as independent bars to receiving maintenance under that section.

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Option A

The statute lists each of these circumstances as a separate bar.

Option B

Refusal for sufficient reason does not meet the statutory condition.

Option C

Unilateral desertion by the husband does not establish separation by mutual consent.

Option D

Living separately for work is not itself a statutory bar.

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