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Father-In-Law Has 'Pious Obligation' To Maintain Widowed Daughter-In-Law If She Can't Maintain Herself: Delhi High Court

2026-10-13T15:45:12.000Z

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The Delhi High Court has held that a father-in-law has a “pious obligation” to maintain his widowed daughter-in-law if she is unable to maintain herself from her own earnings, property or the estate...

Leila Seth was the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and also the first woman Chief Justice of a state high court
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