Raipur Mar 31 PTI The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that an unmarried daughter can claim the expenses of marriage from her parents under the provisions of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 A division bench of the high court in Bilaspur was hearing a petition filed by a 35-year-old woman Rajeshwari a native of Chhattisgarhs Durg district The bench of Justices Goutam Bhaduri and Sanjay S Agrawal on March 21 allowed her plea for hearing by admitting that an unmarried daughter can claim the amount of her marriage from her parents under the provisions of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 said the petitioners advocate A K Tiwari The bench set aside the order dated 22 April 2016 passed by the Principal Judge of family court Durg and remanded the matter to the family court for adjudication of the same on merits in the spirit of Section 3b ii of the Act of 1956 The court has directed the parties to appear before the family court The petitioner daughter of an employee of Bhilai Steel Plant BSP Bhunu Ram filed a petition in Durg family court under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 and made a claim that maintenance to the tune of around Rs 20 lakh be given to her in the mode of marriage expense The family court had on 7 January 2016 dismissed the application by stating that there is no provision in the Act that a daughter can claim the amount of her marriage In her plea Rajeshwari said that the respondent Bhanu Ram is going to retire and likely to receive Rs 55 lakh as retiral dues therefore appropriate writ be issued directing the respondent-employer Bhilai Steel Plant to release a part of his retiral dues to the tune of Rs 20 lakh in her favour Challenging the order of the family court Rajeshwari had moved the high court stating that as per the law an unmarried daughter can demand the expenses of marriage from her father claiming that the expense comes under the purview of maintenance Tiwari said The bench considered the decision as significant and it has been approved for reporting AFR he said explaining that the case would now be given place in all the law books This the first of its kind order by the high court of Chhattisgarh Tiwari added PTI COR TKP NP NP