No Legal Duty on Daughter-in-Law to Maintain In-Laws; Clarifies Scope of BNSS Section 144: Allahabad High Court
Hearing a matter related to maintenance under Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), the Allahabad High Court clarified that in the absence of an explicit statutory provision, a daughter-in-law cannot be compelled to maintain her parents-in-law merely on the basis of moral obligation. The Court observed that, “The concept of moral obligation, … Read more