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        February 8, 2025 at 5:54 am
        Under Indian marriage laws, does a Hindu husband have a legal duty to financially provide for his wife? If he refuses to do so and insists that she must work despite her health condition, what legal options does she have?

        Before all the men attack me, please note my friend is suffering from a health condition and her husband is not financially providing. Her parents are providing instead. I want to know the rights of women in marriage.

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          February 8, 2025 at 6:02 am
          Divorce and then alimony or compensation

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              February 8, 2025 at 6:05 am
              He is not willing to divorce. But wants her to work so that he gets more money

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                  February 8, 2025 at 6:13 am
                  What an evil leech that man

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                    February 8, 2025 at 6:39 am
                    Reverse is the case with me. My Wife’s parents always emotionally manipulate her into providing them most of the money she earns. She is unable to save anything becoz they always demand money and if she denies to give them, they start dominating and traumatizing her by giving all kinds of bad words. She is really upset with all this but feels that she should hold on to relations with her parents.

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                        February 8, 2025 at 10:22 am
                        She can cut ties with them if the situation is really bad but you should be aware that parents are entitled to get maintenance from their children as per law, if they are unable to maintain themselves.

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                            February 8, 2025 at 10:28 am
                            They (wife’s parents) have two houses and some more property in their name which they don’t want to sell out. They have taken loans from several of their relatives and broken ties with them when it’s time to repay. Now the relatives are approaching us for these issues! It is not that they do not have money, but the fact is that their intentions are always such that to loot out money from anyone they meet. They made huge demands to me also after marriage to invest in their business. But later I realized they have not business but only to scam other people and loot money from them. Even I’m looking for ways to legally stop all this! It’s affecting my wife a lot. She is having a lot of stress and tension due to this unwanted and intolerable behavior of her parents.

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                                February 9, 2025 at 7:04 am
                                Your wife needs to grow a spine & cut off her parents. I hope she does it soon.

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                        February 8, 2025 at 6:02 am
                        Lawyer here. She can very well claim maintenance from her husband under HMA as well as BNSS.

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                            February 8, 2025 at 6:03 am
                            What is hma and bnss?

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                                February 8, 2025 at 6:32 am
                                Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) & Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS)

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                                    February 8, 2025 at 6:57 am
                                    Is there any website where the rights of husband are mentioned under the hindu marriage act?

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                                        February 8, 2025 at 8:50 am
                                        a simple Google search may suffice

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                                            February 8, 2025 at 8:52 am
                                            I did not know that. Thank you for enlightening me

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                                                February 8, 2025 at 8:54 am
                                                you are welcome

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                                          February 8, 2025 at 6:58 am
                                          Hindu marriage act and bhartiya nagrik suraksha sanhita

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                                            February 8, 2025 at 7:35 am
                                            You and your friend seem to be only interested in money. Gathering information about the law to threaten the husband into giving into your friendโ€™s demands for money. Specify what health reason also? Something serious? People with one hand and one leg also work so whatโ€™s stopping your friend? Laziness for sure

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                                                February 8, 2025 at 8:15 am
                                                Why threaten? He is her husband who refuses to provide even the basic for her.

                                                Im sure there are women in your family too. Would you say the same thing if one of them faces the same situation? No right? Have some empathy?

                                                This is not even about money. This is about his duty.

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                                                  February 8, 2025 at 8:19 am
                                                  >People with one hand and one leg also work

                                                  Men with both hands & both legs don’t even do their own personal chores. Expect women to take care of them & their family as if they are kids who can’t do anything on their own. Want women to stay at home to make women financial dependent on men. Want to be earners/breadwinners/providers. But when it’s about actually providing when their wife is in _need_ of financial, mental & emotional support then you’all cry. Hypocrisy for sure.

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                                                      February 8, 2025 at 8:22 am
                                                      Absolutely. Want money from wives and their father in laws. How greedy men have turned out.

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                                                February 8, 2025 at 6:37 am
                                                when did wedding happen? Did you friend hide her health condition? Seems you are posting one sided abla naari sob story.

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                                                    February 8, 2025 at 6:55 am
                                                    And you are among those types of men who would want to trade the wives even after her death for money. I understand.

                                                    Good luck

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                                                        February 8, 2025 at 7:28 am
                                                        Whatever moral superiority you wanna post keep doing, just don’t present both side full story. It can hurt you abla naari worldview.

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                                                            February 8, 2025 at 7:40 am
                                                            Ufff see the language when she got called out. Sheโ€™s interested in money and so is the friend. Canโ€™t specify the illness but has a mouth full of shit to share. The truth is the friend doesnโ€™t want to divorce, must be wanting to sit on her arse the whole day and watch the phone. Seems like a one sided story and this over smart friend thinks they can get the husband to give her cash by using some references from the law. Cheap tactics from lazy but smart women.

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                                                                February 8, 2025 at 8:21 am
                                                                As if your language doesnt reflect the person you are.

                                                                You are not the court to decide the truth. I will do everything in my capacity to make her understand her rights.

                                                                I am not answerable to a person who abuses any random stranger just because you think a woman is always wrong. One woman was wrong. The woman who chose to birth you.

                                                                Shame!

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                                                          February 8, 2025 at 6:38 am
                                                          Under Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (herein after mentioned as HM Act), either the wife or husband can apply for interim maintenance. The basis of the claim for interim maintenance is that the claimant has no independent income of his/her own to support himself/herself.

                                                          *GROUNDS FOR AWARD OF MAINTENANCE:*
                                                          Only upon proving that at least one of the grounds mentioned under the Act, exists in the favour of the wife, maintenance is granted.

                                                          These grounds are as follows:-

                                                          a. The husband has deserted her or has willfully neglected her;
                                                          b. The husband has treated her with cruelty;
                                                          c. The husband is suffering from virulent form of leprosy/venereal
                                                          diseases or any other infectious disease;
                                                          d. The husband has any other wife living;
                                                          e. The husband keeps the concubine in the same house as the wife resides
                                                          or he habitually resides with the concubine elsewhere;
                                                          f. The husband has ceased to a Hindu by conversion to any other religion;
                                                          g. Any other cause justifying her separate living.

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                                                              February 8, 2025 at 6:54 am
                                                              Quite informative , Thanks but it doesn’t matter since practically a woman can claim maintenance just for being a woman.

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                                                                  February 8, 2025 at 6:58 am
                                                                  With such a man as her husband, she deserves to claim maintenance for being a woman and wasting her life wirh him.

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                                                                      February 8, 2025 at 8:46 pm
                                                                      Equality when it suits us, maintenance by man when it doesn’t

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                                                                          February 9, 2025 at 4:16 am
                                                                          We dont need equality. In the name of equality, its men who exploit women. That a totally unrelated topic and not related to what my friend is facing.

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                                                                      February 8, 2025 at 7:22 am
                                                                      What does the last point mean (g)?It includes every possibilities in favor of the woman… Just asking

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                                                                        February 8, 2025 at 8:20 am
                                                                        Do the same grounds works the other way round?

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                                                                            February 8, 2025 at 8:46 am
                                                                            no

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                                                                                February 8, 2025 at 8:49 am
                                                                                What works, if anything?

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                                                                            February 8, 2025 at 6:47 am
                                                                            Yes, CRPC 125 – You can claim maintenance even while married.

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                                                                                February 8, 2025 at 6:58 am
                                                                                Thank you

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                                                                                  February 8, 2025 at 8:18 am
                                                                                  Is it gender neutral, in theory and in practice?

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                                                                                      February 8, 2025 at 8:52 am
                                                                                      Ofcourse not, laws were made tilted towards women as they were vulnerable in earlier times.

                                                                                      But sad part is the laws didn’t evolve with time

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                                                                                          February 8, 2025 at 10:49 am
                                                                                          Most women are vulnerable even today. Laws are made to protect the majority and misused by a minority(usually rich or powerful).

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                                                                                              February 8, 2025 at 11:27 am
                                                                                              How are you so sure in concluding that only a minority are misusing it

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                                                                                                  February 8, 2025 at 6:11 pm
                                                                                                  How are you concluding that women were only vulnerable in earlier times?

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                                                                                                    February 8, 2025 at 6:13 pm
                                                                                                    Don’t ask such questions if you don’t want to be downvoted. Repeat after me, Majority of Women during divorce cases don’t lie or take advantage.

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                                                                                            February 8, 2025 at 7:34 am
                                                                                            Just search maintenance under Indian law, you’ll find article from ipleader or indianlegalservice, that will provide you with basic legal knowledge. Also if your friend decide to engage a counsel, the fees for the same can be recovered from husband.

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                                                                                              February 8, 2025 at 7:58 am
                                                                                              Yes – as per Hindu law it’s husband duty to provide for wife with only exceptions like wife living separate out of own will, adultery etc.
                                                                                              Reach out to a lawyer, get him a simple notice and only this much will be enough for getting his pants wet.

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                                                                                                  February 8, 2025 at 8:23 am
                                                                                                  >as per Hindu law it’s husband duty to provide for wife
                                                                                                  Mind sharing the relevant act and section number?

                                                                                                  What’s the wife’s duty as per Hindu law?

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                                                                                                  February 8, 2025 at 8:38 am
                                                                                                  OP I suggest you to use r/twoxindialegaladvice for futher legal queries. Here you will only get victim blamed & snark comments if you’re a woman.

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                                                                                                      February 8, 2025 at 10:59 am
                                                                                                      Had you tried read the comments made prior to yours, you’d know that she did get the correct legal advice and there’s barely any victim blaming.

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                                                                                                      February 8, 2025 at 11:52 am
                                                                                                      leeches getting triggered on asking both side story

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                                                                                                        NAL.

                                                                                                        Husband can be 100% brought to court for neglect of spouse. Under hindu law, husband must provide basic necessities for wife, but under any legal marriage right spouses should be taken care of. What he is doing is abuse!

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                                                                                                          February 8, 2025 at 5:59 pm
                                                                                                          Assuming that your friend only needs financial support not divorce from her husband, she can file for Maintenance under BNSS 144 (Earlier CrPC 125). This provision states that if a husband fails maintain his wife despite having means, wife can seek financial support from him.

                                                                                                          To understand further read here [https://divorcebylaw.com/maintenance/](https://divorcebylaw.com/maintenance/)

                                                                                                          If you need further clarification on this, contact us
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                                                                                                          Disclaimer: Without understanding all the facts of the case, the advice given here may not be the best. It is advised to consult an advocate to get better remedy for the issues at hand.

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                                                                                                            February 8, 2025 at 6:19 pm
                                                                                                            While your proposing this, also propose that marital rape should be a thing in Indian law. It’s not a wife’s duty to provide sex to husband wherever he wants it, she should be allowed to say no.

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