https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286953 A prior compromise fixing maintenance, even with a waiver against future enhancement, does not prevent alteration where there is a material change in circumstances under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. Section 25 was read to permit adjustment of maintenance fixed by decree or agreement in its ordinary sense, including agreements containing waiver clauses, so the widow could seek enhancement. The Act was also treated as a codifying and amending statute that applies to widows of persons who died before commencement, since Section 22 imposes liability in general terms and the statute itself contains express temporal limits where intended. The widow's claim to enhanced maintenance was therefore maintainable. en-us Fri, 19 Jul 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:13:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286953 A prior compromise fixing maintenance, even with a waiver against future enhancement, does not prevent alteration where there is a material change in circumstances under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. Section 25 was read to permit adjustment of maintenance fixed by decree or agreement in its ordinary sense, including agreements containing waiver clauses, so the widow could seek enhancement. The Act was also treated as a codifying and amending statute that applies to widows of persons who died before commencement, since Section 22 imposes liability in general terms and the statute itself contains express temporal limits where intended. The widow's claim to enhanced maintenance was therefore maintainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 19 Jul 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286953