'Committing Adultery' Distinct From Living In Adultery, Maintenance Can't Be Denied For 'Mere Lapse' Unless Continued: Patna High Court
Rizmi Lia
8 July 2025 6:38 PM IST

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8 July 2025 6:38 PM IST
The Patna High Court has drawn a distinction between a wife 'committing adultery' from her 'living in adultery', for deciding her entitlement to maintenance."“Living in adultery” denotes a continuous course of conduct and not isolated acts of immorality. One or two lapses from virtues would be acts of adultery but would be quite insufficient to show that the woman was “living...
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