Under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 a Hindu wife shall be entitled to live separately from…
Section 18(2)(d) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 entitles a Hindu wife to live separately without forfeiting maintenance "if he has any other wife living".…
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Under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 a Hindu wife shall be entitled to live separately from her husband without forfeiting her claim to maintenance if
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Section 18(2)(d) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 entitles a Hindu wife to live separately without forfeiting maintenance "if he has any other wife living".
A short trip abroad is not desertion, which needs abandonment without reasonable cause and without her consent, and a husband's devotion to his business is not one of the grounds in section 18(2).
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