Section 125 CrPC: Unmarried Daughter Can Claim Maintenance From Father: Madras HC [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has held that unmarried daughter can claim maintenance from her father by filing a petition under Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure. The Trial Court, in this case [R. Kiruba Kanmani vs L. Rajan], rejected the girl's application on the ground that is a major and that in terms of Section 125 (1) (b) and (c) of CrPC, and that she is not entitled for any maintenance...