Alimony and Maintenance under Hindu Law

The book deals with maintenance and permanent alimony under Hindu personal laws like Hindu Marriage Act, with some coverage from Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, and CrPC 125 for maintenance after divorce cases.

It covers questions of readers of the kind:

1. Is there any formula for calculation of interim maintenance like 1/5th or 1/3rd of salary?

2. On what factors does the maintenance under Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act gets decided?

3. Is income or property of husband's parents considered for determination of maintenance amount?

4. Can an adulterous wife claim maintenance?

5. How does alimony under Section 25 of Hindu Marriage Act gets decided?

6. Can husband also claim maintenance or permanent alimony if wife is earning?

7. Can wife claim maintenance even after divorce?

8. Is husband liable to pay alimony even if he proves cruelty by wife and gets divorce on that ground?

9. Is wife entitled to half of husband's property?

10. Can wife lay claim on her in-laws' property?