Man's second wife not needed as a party in first wife's maintenance case: Delhi High Court
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The Delhi High Court recently rejected a plea by a man's second wife to add her as a party in a maintenance case initiated by his estranged first wife.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that allowing such a plea would unnecessarily expand the scope of the maintenance case and defeat the purpose of Section 125 (maintenance) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). "If such a plea were to be entertained, it would open the door for every person claiming to be dependent, upon a person from whom main