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Sec.125 Cr.P.C. - Maintenance Case - liability of husband - Husband bound to pay maintenance by doing labour also- in case of delay in court proceedings , the wife is entitled for maintenance from the date of petition - Apex court held that it is the sacrosanct duty to render the financial support even if the husband is required to earn money with physical labour, if he is able bodied. There is no escape route unless there is an order from the Court that the wife is not entitled to get maintenance from the husband on any legally permissible grounds and further held that there was enormous delay in disposal of the proceeding under Section 125 of the Code and most of the time the husband had taken adjournments and some times the court dealt with the matter showing total laxity. The wife sustained herself as far as she could in that state for a period of nine years. The circumstances, in our considered opinion, required grant of maintenance from the date of application and by so granting the High Court has not committed any legal infirmity. = CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1331 OF 2014 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Criminal) No. 1565 of 2013) Bhuwan Mohan Singh … Appellant Versus Meena & Ors. …Respondent = 2014 – July. Part – http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/filename=41767