<p>The work critically analyses the provisions of maintenance under various enactments in force in India, stressing on the scope and ambit of s. 125, CrPC. It covers the sources of concept of maintenance and its application through welfare legislations. The scope of maintenance in various countries of the world have also been discussed indepth. It focuses on the lacuna and loopholes in the scope and ambit of law as prevalent in India.</p>
