Supreme Court of India

Ajay Kumar v. Lata @ Sharuti & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 6 S.C.R. 283
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 8 April 2019

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Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 200 5 – ss.2(f),2(q), 2(s), 12 – Award of maintenance – Compl ainant-first respondent case that she resided with her husband at a house which constituted ancestral Hindu Joint family property – The appellant and her husband were brothers, who jointly carried on a business – After the death of her husband, she was not permitted to reside in her matrimonial home – Complainant sought maintenance for herse lf and her minor child under the Act – Trial Court dir ected interim award of maintenance against the appellant who was car rying on the business

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