Introduction Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (“BNSS”) provides for maintenance of wives, children and parents if any person having sufficient means neglects or refuses to maintain them.[1] Under the previous code (“Cr.P.C.”), it was dealt with under Section 125.[2] The primary justification for this provision, which is in fact a civil Continue reading
