{"id":20495,"date":"2024-02-15T01:36:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20495"},"modified":"2025-04-06T01:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:12:09","slug":"section-125-crpc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/section-125-crpc\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u00a0deals with the\u00a0maintenance of wives, children, and parents.<\/li>\n<li>It is a legal provision that\u00a0allows certain categories of individuals\u00a0to claim financial support\u00a0from their\u00a0spouses or children, as the case may be, in the event they are unable to maintain themselves.<\/li>\n<li>ho Can Claim Maintenance?\n<ul>\n<li>ife: A wife\u00a0who is unable to maintain herself can claim maintenance from her husband. The wife is entitled to maintenance if she is unable to support herself. The word &#8220;wife&#8221;\u00a0refers to a woman who has been divorced\u00a0or sought divorce from her spouse\u00a0and has not remarried.<\/li>\n<li>Children: Children, whether\u00a0legitimate or illegitimate, who are unable to maintain themselves and are\u00a0below a certain age\u00a0or mentally\/physically disabled can claim maintenance from their parents.<\/li>\n<li>arents: Under this, both father and mother are\u00a0entitled to be maintained\u00a0equally by son and daughter, but the court must be satisfied that the daughter has the means to support herself. Parents also\u00a0include \u201cAdoptive father\u201d and \u201cAdoptive mother.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>To successfully claim maintenance under Section 125 CrPC,\u00a0certain conditions must be met:\n<ul>\n<li>Neglect or Refusal: The person seeking maintenance must demonstrate that the\u00a0respondent (the person from whom maintenance is sought)\u00a0has\u00a0neglected or refused to provide financial support.<\/li>\n<li>Dependency: The\u00a0claimant must establish their inability to maintain themselves and\u00a0their dependency on the respondent\u00a0for financial assistance.<\/li>\n<li>Sufficient Means: The person from whom maintenance is claimed\u00a0must have sufficient means to maintain the person claiming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Quantum of Maintenance:\u00a0The\u00a0court will determine the amount of maintenance based on various\u00a0factors like the income and financial capacity of the person liable to pay, the\u00a0needs of the claimant, and other relevant circumstances. The objective is to ensure that the claimant gets a reasonable and fair amount for their maintenance.<\/li>\n<li>Duration: Maintenance\u00a0can be awarded on a monthly basis, and the court can specify a duration for which it should be paid. It\u00a0can be a temporary or permanent arrangement, depending on the circumstances.<\/li>\n<li>Enforcement: If the person ordered to pay maintenance\u00a0does not comply with the court&#8217;s order, the person seeking maintenance\u00a0can file an application for the enforcement\u00a0of the order. The defaulter\u00a0may face legal consequences for non-compliance.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0wife is not entitled to receive an allowance from her husband in\u00a0three cases,\n<ul>\n<li>if she is\u00a0living in adultery<\/li>\n<li>if she\u00a0refuses to live with her husband and without any sufficient cause<\/li>\n<li>if they\u00a0are living separately by mutual consent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC)?<\/h3>\n<p>Enacted in 1973 (came into force on 1 April 1974), CrPC is the main legislation on procedure for administration of substantive criminal law in India.It provides a procedure for the investigation of crime, the collection of evidence, and the determination of guilt or innocence. The CrPC also covers the arrest and detention of suspects, the conduct of trials, and the sentencing of convicted individuals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lawbeat.in\/top-stories\/supreme-court-can-divorced-muslim-women-claim-maintenance-under-section-125-crpc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Divorce) Act Or S. 125 CrPC? SC To Decide On Divorced Muslim Women&#8217;s Right To Maintenance<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) deals with the maintenance of wives, children, and parents. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}