Minister of State (Independent Charge) Jitendra Singh said that the Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoP&PW) has introduced an amendment to the CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 which will now allow a female government employees or pensioners to grant family pension to their eligible child/children after their own demise, instead of their spouse.
The Court said that while the substantive right to receive maintenance may emanate from other laws, a quicker and shorter procedure to obtain the same has been provided under the DV Act.
The article is an attempt to understand the conflict surrounding the two special laws, the Domestic Violence Act and the Senior Citizens Act, 2007, and how the Supreme Court has tried to resolve the conflict.
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The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that the rejection of a wife’s application for maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC) cannot prevent her from seeking monetary relief under the Domestic Violence (DV) Act.