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Mumbai: Gautam Singhania, chairman and managing director of the Raymond Group, and estranged wife Nawaz Modi are understood to be seeking legal counsel on the alimony rights that can be claimed by her, since their marriage in 1999 was solemnised under the Special Marriage Act, and not the Hindu Marriage Act...
Vijaypat Singhania, Gautam's estranged father, has supported Nawaz and reportedly said she is entitled to half her husband's wealth under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955...
However, top lawyers close to Gautam Singhania said wedlock under the Special Marriage Act will not be governed by personal laws of the Hindu Marriage Act..
"Maintenance allowances applicable for a wife in a Special Marriage Act are different from what can be claimed under the Hindu Marriage Act," said the lawyer, who is advising Singhania..
Ishika Tolani, a practising advocate at a family court in Mumbai, also said that as a Parsi, Nawaz Modi cannot claim maintenance under the Hindu Marriage Act, which only applies to a person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms..
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