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A divorced Hindu wife can claim maintenance under which of the following Acts?

A divorced Hindu wife may claim permanent alimony under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and, if she has not remarried and is unable to maintain herself,…

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A divorced Hindu wife can claim maintenance under which of the following Acts?

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A divorced Hindu wife may claim permanent alimony under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and, if she has not remarried and is unable to maintain herself, maintenance under Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 125 CrPC), whose Explanation includes a divorced wife; so the answer is "Hindu Marriage Act and Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023". Section 18 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act gives maintenance only to a wife while the marriage subsists, so a divorced wife cannot claim under it and the catch-all fails.

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