Overview
- - The Allahabad High Court dismissed an elderly couple’s revision and left in place the Agra family court’s August 21, 2025 rejection of their maintenance claim.
- - Justice Madan Pal Singh held that Section 144 of the BNSS, which replaced CrPC Section 125, allows maintenance only for a spouse, children or parents.
- - The court said a moral duty to care for in-laws cannot become a legal obligation without a specific law that requires it.
- - The couple said they depended on their son, who died in 2021, and that their daughter-in-law is a Uttar Pradesh Police constable with her own income and death benefits.
- - The judge found no proof her job was a compassionate appointment and said questions about inheritance or property lie outside these brief maintenance proceedings, while the couple’s lawyer said she will now seek relief under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act before the Agra district magistrate.