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The court ruled that  an abandoned wife and children will be entitled to ‘maintenance’ from the date she applies for it  in a court of law. Usually maintenance cases have to be settled in 60 days, but they take years in reality owing to legal loopholes. It outlined specifics, including “reasonable needs” of a wife and dependent children, her educational qualification, whether she has an independent source of income, and if she does, if it is sufficient, to follow for family courts, magistrates and lower courts on alimony cases. Significant  Judgment providing comprehensive Guidelines Court laid down that while women can make a claim for alimony under different laws, including the  Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005  and Section 125 of the CrPC, or under the  Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 , it “would be inequitable to direct the husband to pay maintenance under each of the proceedings”, urging civil and family courts to take note of previous set...

    Article 15(3), which states ‘nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children’, read together with Article 39, which directs state policy towards equal pay and opportunities for both men and women, and protecting the health of women and children, are two key constitutional safeguards.  

 CrPC was amended in 2018 and the period of investigation was reduced from 90 to 60 days for all cases of rape. Andha pradesh's Disha Bill 2019: temporarily down. clause investigation to be completed within a week. Maharashtra's Shakti Act 2020 : investigation to be completed within 15 days the time of investigation depends on  the severity of the crime,  the number of accused persons and agencies involved.  It includes examination of the scene of crime by the investigating officer IO and forensic expert; recording the statement of the victim (by the IO and the judicial magistrate) and witnesses; medical examination of the victim (at a place where a female doctor is available) and accused persons; collecting documents relating to age from parents, local bodies and school (in case of child victim and delinquents); DNA findings of the forensic science lab (FSL); test identification parade of accused persons (if not initially named); seizing weapons of offence, arr...

 the creation of a special wing in the Odisha State police to deal with offences against women and children announced by CM.