LAW UPDATE
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Hindu Adoptions Maintenance
Scope of section 21(vii) defining widowed daughter-in-law as a dependant
Obligation of legal heirs to maintain dependants under section 22
Primacy of the literal rule of statutory interpretation
Constitutional invalidity of arbitrary classification under article 14
Protection of right to live with dignity under article 21
Preservation of ancient hindu jurisprudence and pious obligation
Distinction between maintenance obligations under section 19 and section 22
Irrelevance of hindu succession act provisions in maintenance claims
Maintainability of maintenance petitions in family courts
Factors governing determination of maintenance quantum under section 23