https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312059 Section 125 CrPC is described as a social justice remedy to prevent vagrancy and destitution by providing speedy relief to a deserted wife. Where a husband resists maintenance by alleging an earlier subsisting marriage and characterising the claimant as a kept mistress, strict proof of the prior valid and continuing marriage is required. On the materials discussed, the alleged first marriage was not conclusively established and its subsistence at the time of the claimant's marriage was not proved, so the burden of proof was not discharged and maintenance was restored. en-us Wed, 20 Mar 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:50:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312059 Section 125 CrPC is described as a social justice remedy to prevent vagrancy and destitution by providing speedy relief to a deserted wife. Where a husband resists maintenance by alleging an earlier subsisting marriage and characterising the claimant as a kept mistress, strict proof of the prior valid and continuing marriage is required. On the materials discussed, the alleged first marriage was not conclusively established and its subsistence at the time of the claimant's marriage was not proved, so the burden of proof was not discharged and maintenance was restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Mar 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312059