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Read the following statements in the light of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 and give…

Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, s.18(2) permits a wife to live separately and claim maintenance in specified circumstances, and s.18(3) denies…

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Read the following statements in the light of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 and give correct answer with the help of codes given below :

i. The obligation of husband to maintain his wife is co-extensive with his property.
ii. Sec. 18(2) provides for maintenance and separate residence of wife in some conditions.
iii. Father-in-law's obligation to maintain widowed-daughter-in-law is a personal obligation.
iv. An unchaste and non-Hindu wife is not entitled to maintenance.

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Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, s.18(2) permits a wife to live separately and claim maintenance in specified circumstances, and s.18(3) denies maintenance to a wife who is unchaste or has ceased to be a Hindu. The husband's maintenance obligation is personal and not limited to his property, and the father-in-law's duty under s.19 is a limited liability tied to coparcenary property rather than personal, so "ii and iv are correct, but i and iii are incorrect."

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