The Supreme Court has ruled that a widowed daughter-in-law can legally seek maintenance from her deceased father-in-law's estate.

The Supreme Court ruled that a widowed daughter-in-law is a dependant entitled to maintenance from her deceased father-in-law ...

The Supreme Court has made it clear that the liability to maintain a widowed daughter-in-law does not stop with the son alone ...

Interpreting Sections 21 and 22 together, the Court held that heirs inheriting an estate must maintain statutory dependants. A widowed daughter-in-law qualifies even if she did not receive a share in ...

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The Supreme Court of India has clarified that a Hindu daughter-in-law who becomes a widow after the death of her ...

The court says denying support based on when a woman becomes a widow is arbitrary and violates equality rights while ...

The Supreme Court recently held that a widowed daughter-in-law is entitled to claim maintenance from her father-in-law’s ...

Ostracized by society, thousands of India's widows flock to the holy city of Vrindavan waiting to die. They are found on side streets, hunched over with walking canes, their heads shaved and their ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a Hindu widow is entitled to get maintenance from the father-in-law’s estate after his ...

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that a widow is entitled to claim maintenance from her father-in-law's estate under ...

The Supreme Court has held that a daughter-in-law who becomes a widow after the death of her father-in-law is entitled to ...