{"id":40205,"date":"1941-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1941-01-30T18:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/t-kanniah-naidu-vs-rajammal-on-31-january-1941"},"modified":"2015-08-09T23:26:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T17:56:56","slug":"t-kanniah-naidu-vs-rajammal-on-31-january-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/t-kanniah-naidu-vs-rajammal-on-31-january-1941","title":{"rendered":"T. Kanniah Naidu vs Rajammal on 31 January, 1941"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">T. Kanniah Naidu vs Rajammal on 31 January, 1941<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 1941 Mad 685<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: L Rao<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>Lakshmana Rao, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. The girl is unable to maintain herself and Section Criminal P.C., does not limit the right of maintenance to minors. The age of the girl is therefore immaterial and the revision petition is dismissed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court T. Kanniah Naidu vs Rajammal on 31 January, 1941 Equivalent citations: AIR 1941 Mad 685 Author: L Rao ORDER Lakshmana Rao, J. 1. The girl is unable to maintain herself and Section Criminal P.C., does not limit the right of maintenance to minors. 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