Hyderabad, Sept. 29 -- Holding that Section 125 CrPC does not make a woman liable to maintain either her widowed daughter-in-law or the children of her deceased son, the Telangana High Court has quashed proceedings against a mother-in-law.

According to LiveLaw, Justice N. Tukaramji said, "Section 125(1) CrPC specifies the classes of persons entitled to claim maintenance and the corresponding persons liable to maintain them, namely, a wife against her husband, minor children against their father, and a father or mother against a person liable to maintain them. The provision does not create any statutory liability upon a mother-in-law to maintain her widowed daughter-in-law or the children of her deceased son."

A woman filed the maintenan...