25/04/2026
Can Woman Claim Maintainance After Divorce?
क्या तलाक के बाद महिलाएं भरण-पोषण का दावा कर सकती हैं?
Any woman can claim maintaining from her husband after divorce also. Law gives right to wife to claim maintenance from husband under section 144(1) BNSS Act 2023 which says :-
Section 144(1) in Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
(1)
If any person having sufficient means neglects or refuses to maintain-
(a) his wife, unable to maintain herself; or
(b) his legitimate or illegitimate child, whether married or not, unable to maintain itself; or
(c) his legitimate or illegitimate child (not being a married daughter) who has attained majority, where such child is, by reason of any physical or mental abnormality or injury unable to maintain itself; or
(d) his father or mother, unable to maintain himself or herself.