The report weaves its studies through not just empirical data but real stories of 100 women who have filed cases for maintenance. The study goes on to highlight the issues and challenges faced including legal, financial, societal, family and health. Long legal battles for maintenance of women who have already been out of the workforce due to marriage and household responsibilities tend to lose out further on earning opportunities stated the study. The economic relief under the existing laws that are meant from saving the woman from vagrancy and starvation may not necessarily mean restoring a dignified life, it further claimed.

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From gaps and ambiguity in the law to lack of awareness of free legal aid services, the exhaustive study also reviews existing legal provisions for maintenance and showcases best practices followed in other countries.

The report can be accessed as under.

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