Nainital, Nov 18 (PTI) The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the family court to hear afresh a case concerning the identity and marital status of a woman seeking interim maintenance.

Justice Ashish Naithani, while hearing the case, observed that the family court had not adequately investigated the woman's identity, her marital status, or the validity of her claim that she was Kharak Singh's second wife.

The Nainital family court had previously ordered the payment of maintenance to Dhanuli Devi. Following this, Kharak Singh filed a criminal revision petition in the High Court, challenging the order. He contended that his wife had died on August 5, 2020, and that Dhanuli Devi, a domestic help, was falsely claiming to be his wife in order to obtain pension benefits.

During the hearing, b

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