Which circumstances are expressly stated in section 18(3) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act,…
Section 18(3) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 specifies unchastity and cessation of Hindu status by conversion as bars to a wife’s separate residence and…
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Which circumstances are expressly stated in section 18(3) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 as bars to a wife’s right to separate residence and maintenance from her husband?
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Correct answer A
Section 18(3) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 specifies unchastity and cessation of Hindu status by conversion as bars to a wife’s separate residence and maintenance from her husband.
Section 18(2) separately identifies grounds for living apart without forfeiting maintenance, including specified desertion, cruelty and the husband’s conversion.
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Option A
Section 18(3) expressly provides for unchastity or cessation of Hindu status by conversion.
Option B
A wife's cruelty or desertion is not an express bar under section 18(3). Section 18(2)(a) and (b) address desertion or cruelty by the husband as possible grounds for her to live apart with maintenance.
Option C
Unchastity is an express bar under section 18(3), but desertion by the wife is not listed there.
Option D
Conversion that causes the wife to cease to be a Hindu is an express bar under section 18(3), but cruelty by the wife is not listed there.
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