https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183985 Under pre-Act Hindu law, an illegitimate son of a Sudra could claim maintenance from his father's estate, and a permanently kept concubine treated as an Avaruddha Stree could also claim maintenance, even where the woman was married and the relationship was adulterous or pratiloma. Sections 4, 21 and 22 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 were held to operate prospectively and not to extinguish a maintenance right that had already vested on the Hindu's death before the Act commenced. The pre-existing claim therefore remained enforceable, and the amount of maintenance was left undisturbed. en-us Thu, 18 Feb 1965 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:17:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183985 Under pre-Act Hindu law, an illegitimate son of a Sudra could claim maintenance from his father's estate, and a permanently kept concubine treated as an Avaruddha Stree could also claim maintenance, even where the woman was married and the relationship was adulterous or pratiloma. Sections 4, 21 and 22 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 were held to operate prospectively and not to extinguish a maintenance right that had already vested on the Hindu's death before the Act commenced. The pre-existing claim therefore remained enforceable, and the amount of maintenance was left undisturbed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 18 Feb 1965 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183985