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Adult, able-bodied unmarried daughters can't claim maintenance: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
Two unmarried daughters and a son of senior citizen in 2014 had moved the trial court for maintenance from their father.
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh recently ruled that adult, unmarried daughters who are physically and mentally sound, cannot claim maintenance under Section 488 of J&K Code of Criminal Procedure which provides for grant of maintenance to wives and children (Abdul Raheem Bhat (Senior Citizen) V/s Beauty Jan and Ors.)