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- The Karnataka High Court upheld orders requiring a 53-year-old man from Mangaluru to pay ₹16 lakh towards his adult unmarried daughter's postgraduate medical course fees under Section 20(d) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
- Justice H.P.
- Sandesh held that parental obligations to provide education and basic amenities do not end when a child attains majority.
- The court noted the parents live separately in the same building amid a strained relationship, the father had previously paid her MBBS fees, and his finances showed assets worth ₹1.34 crore.
- The judgment relies on a recent Supreme Court ruling that a daughter has a legally enforceable right to educational expenses from her parents.
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- Whether the father challenges the High Court ruling before the Supreme Court
- How courts apply this precedent in similar cases of adult daughters seeking educational expenses
- Whether the ₹16 lakh payment is actually made and any further compliance orders follow
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Named India · Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mangaluru · Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mangaluru · Justice H.P. Sandesh · Karnataka High Court · Supreme Court of India
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