A man entitled to marry for the second time under personal law is duty-bound to maintain his first wife: Calcutta High Court

A man who is entitled to marry for the second time under personal law is duty bound to maintain his first wife, the Calcutta High Court observed on Monday while quashing a sessions court order which had reduced the monthly maintenance for the first wife of a husband from ₹6,000 to ₹4,000 [Sefali Khatun @ Bibi vs State of West Bengal].