Kerala High Court unmarried daughter maintenance: The Kerala High Court recently held that an unmarried Christian daughter who has attained majority cannot claim maintenance from her father unless she is unable to maintain herself due to any physical or mental abnormality or injury.

“An unmarried Christian daughter who has attained majority is not entitled to claim maintenance from her father in a proceeding under Section 125 of Cr.P.C. (Section 144 of BNSS), unless she is unable to maintain herself by reason of any physical or mental abnormality or injury”, Justice Kauser Edappagath held.

The court observed that unlike in Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act and Muslim Personal Law, there is no corresponding personal law applicable to Christians that allows a Christian unmarried daughter

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