Section 23 - Amount of maintenance : Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956

What is the Amount of maintenance Section 23 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956

Section 23 of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 : "Amount of maintenance"

23. (1) It shall be in the discretion of the court to determine whether any, and if so what, maintenance shall be awarded under the provisions of this Act, and in doing so the court shall have due regard to the considerations set out in sub-section (2), or sub-section (3), as the case may be, so far as they are applicable.

(2) In determining the amount of maintenance, if any, to be awarded to a wife, children or aged or infirm parents under this Act, regard shall be had to

(a) the position and status of the parties;

(b) the reasonable wants of the claimant;

(d) the value of the claimant's property, and any income derived from such property, from the claimant's own earnings or from any other source;

(e) the number of persons entitled to maintenance under this Act.

(3) In determining the amount of maintenance, if any, to be awarded to a dependant under this Act, regard shall be had to

(a) the net value of the estate of the deceased after providing for the payment of his debts;

(b) the provisions, if any made under a will of the deceased in respect of the dependant;

(d) the reasonable wants of the dependant;

(e) the past relations between the dependant and the deceased;

(f) the value of the property of the dependant and any income derived from such property; or from his or her earnings or from any other source;

(g) the number of dependant entitled to maintenance under this Act.