High Court of Calcutta (appellette side) has held that u/s 36 of PWDV Act, PWDV Act provisions are in addition to existing laws and basing that argument held that since the complainant (Shabnam Parveen) and the respondent are mohammaden, the respondent, being father-in-law, is under no obligation to provide maintain allowance to the widow of his son namely the petitioner
Shabnam Parveen Vs The State of West Bengal & Ors on 24 November, 2017Indiankanoon.org link: https://indiankanoon.org/doc/33442063/
Reference: https://www.livelaw.in/muslim-father-in-law-no-obligation-maintain-sons-widow-dv-act-calcutta-hc-read-judgment/
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