Section 18 : Maintenance of wife
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a Hindu wife, whether married before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be entitled to be maintained by her husband during her lifetime.
(2) A Hindu wife shall be entitled to live separately from her husband without forfeiting her claim to maintenance-
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Section 19 : Maintenance of widowed daughter-in-law
(1) A Hindu wife, whether married before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be entitled to be maintained after the death of her husband by her father-in-law:
PROVIDED and to the extent that she is unable to maintain herself out of her own earnings or other property or, [...]
As per Section 3 of General Clauses Act, 1897 the “official Gazette” or “Gazette” shall mean the Gazette of India or the official Gazette of a State.
History
Gazette as a terminology has interesting history :
The word gazette comes from gazzetta, a Venetian coin used to buy early Italian newspapers; the coin became a name for the papers [...]
Section 125 : Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents.
(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 minor child, whether married or not, unable to maintain itself, or
(c) his legitimate or illegitimate child (not being a married daughter) who [...]
The much awaited provisions which seek to curb the power of Police to make arrests are once again open to debate in Indian Parliament. On 15th March, 2010 India’s Home Minister P. Chidambaram introduced in Lok Sabha The Code of Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill, 2010.
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This new Amendment Bill owes its existence to certain provisions [...]
