converted to another religion.
Section 18 reads as follows :
“18. Maintenance of wife.—
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a Hindu wife, whether ... another religion.”
The distinction between maintenance under HMA and HAMA is that the
right under Section 18 of HAMA is available during the subsistence
appearance
Kumar (Divorce u/s 13 HMA) of
[Pending before Addl. Respondent
Principal Judge, Court
No.9, Lucknow, UP]
24. Abishek HMA No 1866/2025 ... Case u/s 13 of vide Order
Neha Lal HMA) dated
11/07/2025
25. Abhishek HMA No 1244/2025 Notice issued 16/12/2025
Respondent then preferred a petition u/s.12 of the
Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 (‘HMA’) r/w. Section 7 of the Family
Courts
Petition No.
A-943 of 2014 before the Family Court, Nagpur under
Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 19551 seeking
grant of divorce ... Section 6 of
the Family Courts Act, 19842 read with Section 34 of
the Specific Relief Act, 1963 and Section 12 of the
HMA seeking
application under
Section 156(3) of the Cr. PC. Admitted is also the fact that the
husband filed a petition under Section 12 ... facts as to
what transpired before the Family Court under Section 12 of
the HMA, which we refused to get into, since the matter
emphasized
that allowing withdrawal of the main petition to
terminate Section 24 of the HMA proceedings would
render the dependent spouse financially vulnerable
and create ... Family Court's
jurisdiction to adjudicate interim maintenance under
Section 24 of the HMA extends until the date of
withdrawal of the main petition
dated 12.6.2009 filed by respondent no. 2 under Section 12
of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
(hereinafter called ... divorce and, therefore, filed HMA Case
No. 168 of 19.9.2007 before the District Judge, Ludhiana under
2
Section 13-B of Hindu Marriage
therefore,
made to dismiss HMA with costs.
10. Proceedings were also initiated by the
respondent-wife under Section 125 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure ... March 23,
2005.
12. Immediately thereafter, the wife
preferred an application under Section 23 of
the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter
referred
Smriti Madan Kansagra vs Perry Kansagra on 28 October, 2020
Equivalent citations: AIRONLINE 2020 SC
averments made in this appeal, the appellant
filed a petition under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act on
1.6.2011 on the ground that ... proceedings under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, before
the Additional District Judge-01, West Delhi, into one under Section
