- Enhancement — due to non-operation of section 489 Cr.P.C. — whether remedy is available — Held: as the maintenance is a continuous process, the person entitled to be maintained has remedy and legal right to approach the Family Court for adequate, enhancement/alteration in the maintenance allowance. Abdul Khaliq v. Sidra Khaliq & 3 others 2014 SCR 280 (H)
- —in case of willful desertion of wife—Held: where leaving the home of husband is willful then the Court is not bound to award maintenance to the wife because after Nikah there are certain rights and duties of the parties (spouses) for living a happy matrimonial life. Mehnaz Akhtar & another v. Raja Abdul Waheed 2020 SCR 313 (D)
- — a kind of debt on father, if mother maintains minor— father is bound to return the amount spent on maintenance of child by mother—Held:The maintenance amount which the mother spends on the child is a kind of debt on the father which he must pay back to her and no person, not even the child has any authority to refuse such payment except the mother herself. Muhammad Ishaq Naz & another vs Saima Abdul Rehman 2024 SCR 431(I)
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