Biswanath Saha vs Sikha Saha on 7 June, 1986
5. In view of the divorce agreement referred to hereinabove, the marital relations have come to a terminus. By virtue thereof, the respondent had already contracted the second marriage. In other words, the first marriage has been put to an end. The appellant thereby became entitled to claim maintenance and will continue to do so, so long as she remains unmarried and she is unable to maintain herself in the cases of Mariyumma v. Mohammed Ibrahim AIR 1978 Ker 231 (FB); Mampokkattu Nanu v. Mampokkat Vasantha 1986 Cri LJ 652 (Ker); Biswanath Saha v. Sikha Saha (Calcutta) 1986 Cri LJ 1199 and L. Srinivasulu Reddy v. L. Ramalakshumma (1996) 3 CCR 352 (DB) (AP) similar view has been expressed entitling a wife to get maintenance even after a decree of divorce obtained against her on the ground of unreasonably withdrawing from the society of the husband.