02-27-2008, 03:10 AM
<b>Every father has to get his daughter married: HC</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Mumbai, February 26: The Bombay High Court has held that every father is under obligation to maintain his daughter and get her married.
âThe obligation to maintain the daughter and get her married arises from the very existence of the relationship,â the court held.
Under the Hindu Law, a daughter is entitled to be maintained out of the estate of the father even after death of the father, Justice C L Pangarkar of the Nagpur bench of the High Court has said.
The court was hearing an application filed by one Kusum Rewatkar (58) of Wardha district in 2006, for recovering the amount she spent on the marriage of her three daughters.
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âThe obligation to maintain the daughter and get her married arises from the very existence of the relationship,â the court held.
Under the Hindu Law, a daughter is entitled to be maintained out of the estate of the father even after death of the father, Justice C L Pangarkar of the Nagpur bench of the High Court has said.
The court was hearing an application filed by one Kusum Rewatkar (58) of Wardha district in 2006, for recovering the amount she spent on the marriage of her three daughters.
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