Alimony

The Supreme Court clarified that these eight factors are not rigid rules but serve as guidelines for determining alimony

The top court said that if a Muslim woman gets divorced during the pendency of an application under Section 125 CrPC, she can also seek recourse under the Muslim Women Act, 2019

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BJP leader Shazia Ilmi Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to formulate a standardised uniform common code (UCC) for grant of alimony and maintenance to obviate hindrances caused by diverse set of personal laws prescribed by different religions. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and J K Maheshwari tagged the petition with a pending plea seeking a "gender and religion-neutral" mechanism for grant of maintenance and alimony to all citizens in keeping with the spirit of the Constitution and international conventions. Ilmi has sought issuance of appropriate guidelines for streamlining the existing restrictions, conditions and discrepancies in personal laws (codified and un-codified) for granting fair and reasonable claim of maintenance and alimony without excluding any vulnerable claimant. The plea, filed through advocate Sneha Kalita, also sought a direction to the Law Commission to examine the "discrepancies" in the existing personal laws and submit a report

Simply put, alimony is a monetary compensation granted to a spouse who is unable to support himself/herself.

The judge directed Mohammed to make a one-off payment of 251.5 million pounds within three months to Haya.

A PIL has been filed in SC seeking "gender and religion neutral" uniform grounds of maintenance and alimony for all citizens keeping with the spirit of the Constitution and international conventions

A bench of Justices R Banumathi and M M Santanagoudar made this observation