CAN PENSION BE ATTACHED TO RECOVER MAINTENANCE. COURT SAYS YES

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In this Bombay High Court judgement, Justice M.G Giratkar adjudicated that a government given pension can be attached to recover maintenance amount and it does not violate s. 11 of the Pensions Act which states that the pension cannot be attached in civil disputes at the instance of creditors. Justice M.G Giratkar opined that this would not fall under that purview as maintenance awarded to a wife is not a ‘debt’ and the wife is not a ‘creditor.’