Which of the following is correct about the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956?

It is a special legislation which was enacted to provide for maintenance to wife during the subsistence of the marriage.

The Supreme Court of India considered the interplay between the claim for maintenance under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 in Danial Latifi v. Union of India, (2001).

Section 18 of the Act provides that a Hindu wife shall be entitled to be maintained by her husband during her lifetime.

As per section 18 of the Act, a Hindu wife is not entitled to make a claim for a separate residence from her husband, without forfeiting her right to maintenance.