Saygo Bai vs Chueeru Bajrangi

The Supreme Court upheld the applicability of Section 125 Cr.P.C. in maintenance claims, emphasizing that a wife is entitled to maintenance unless she has willfully abandoned her husband without just cause. The Court found that the respondent-husband's second marriage and neglect of the appellant and their children constituted sufficient grounds for maintenance. The Court held that the appellant was entitled to maintenance, reversing the Trial Court's decision which had denied her claim based on alleged abandonment.