There are several religious laws in India, including provisions on maintenance of divorced women. Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Divorce Rights) Act 1986 allows Muslim wives to obtain support from their husbands during the Idat period. According to Section 3 (1Ha) of the Muslim Women (Protection of Right to Divorce) Act 1986 and the responsibility of Muslim husbands to children, Muslim husbands must reach such reasonable and fair agreement within the iddat period. The support payment was not delivered within the iddat period.

The Supreme Court has ruled that in the event of a divorce, a Muslim husband has an obligation to provide reasonable and fair provision for the future of his divorced wife, which of course also includes her maintenance. Under section 36 of the Divorce Act 1869, which applies to persons of the Christian religion, the wife is entitled to legal fees under the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act and maintenance while the case is pending. Section 39 of the law allows a Parsi husband or wife to apply for maintenance pending trial.

A wife who is unable to support herself, is not supported by a husband of sufficient means and income, may file a claim under this alimony law. A wife can file and claim alimony under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Law against her husband when she is unable to support herself financially if she is separated from her husband for good cause.

It may also be noted that Section 19 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act requires that widows must be supported by their father-in-law. Miscellaneous Section 18 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act 1956 ("HA & MA") allows Hindu wives to seek support from their husbands for life if they are separated from them. 10.

Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Law also empowers the court to modify and set aside an maintenance order if the wife or husband becomes immodest and remarries, and in the case of husband maintenance, it can be revoked when she has sexual intercourse outside of marriage. . Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, gives women maintenance rights and states that when a marital dispute is pending before the court and it appears to the court that the wife or husband has no independent income. sufficient for his/her subsistence and for the costs of the court, at the request of the one who has no means, indicates to the other party the monthly amount fixed by the judge.

It provides that each party to the marriage may apply to the court for such assistance. Under the Hindu Marriage Act, if in any proceeding under the Hindu Marriage Act, the court finds that the wife or husband does not have sufficient independent income to support her, the court may order the defendant to pay monthly maintenance to the plaintiff. An invalid marriage as a Hindu marriage certificate is an act that does not require any formalities for annulment as it was not valid from the start as it did not meet the strict grounds of a valid marriage as prescribed in the law. The section states that any court exercising jurisdiction under the Hindu Marriage Act may, upon the request of a husband or wife, order a non-applicant to pay to the applicant a sum of money, which may be monthly or periodic, for his maintenance. and support. Article 25(1) provides that any court exercising jurisdiction under the aforementioned act may, at the time of the enactment of any decree or at any time thereafter, on the basis of an application made to the appropriate court to that effect. the wife or husband, as the case may be, shall order the non-applicant to pay the applicant his maintenance and support, such gross amount or such monthly or periodic amount for a period not exceeding the life of the applicant.

Section 25 of the Hindu Marriages Act, 1955 provides for permanent alimony and alimony, which provides that the court may direct this amount of money to support her monthly or as a lump sum, any property or encumbrance of immovable property to the wife or husband. Indian law contains retention provisions under several laws such as Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973; Section 24 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, and in accordance with personal laws such as Shariah Law, etc., by the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. These laws provide that women can claim benefits even before divorce during separation. The injured wife is entitled to receive maintenance under section 20 of the Hindu Marriage Law in addition to the maintenance order under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or any other applicable law.

In the case of Lalita Toppo v. In the state of Jharkhand, a cohabiting woman is considered to have an effective remedy to claim maintenance under the Women's Protection from Domestic Violence Act 2005, even if she is presumed to be ineligible under s. 125 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. It was believed that a wife could claim alimony even if she earned. In this regard, the Supreme Court has ruled that a separated woman can claim support from her husband despite her efforts to earn a monthly income if that is not enough to support her. The Court in the landmark Daniel Latiffi v. The Union of India14 has clarified that the maintenance allowance due to the husband of the wife during the Iddat period11 also extends to the period after the Iddat period.