 bill no  46  of  2015 the hindu adoptions and maintenance (amendment) bill, 2015 byshri cr patil, mpa billfurther to amend the hindu adoptions and maintenance act, 1956be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—amendment of section 1878 of 19562  in section 18 of the hindu adoptions and maintenance act, 1956, after sub-section(3), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—5"(4) notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), where the husband is unable to provide maintenance to his hindu wife on account of physical disability, mental disorder, disappearance or renunciation of the world by entering any religious order, the hindu wife shall, except when the husband has received his share in the joint hindu family property, be entitled to claim maintenance during her lifetime from the members of the joint hindu family" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe law commission in its recent report has recommended amendment in the hindu adoptions and maintenance act, 1956 with a view to providing that a hindu wife shall be entitled to claim maintenance during her life time from members of the joint hindu family of the husband in case of his disappearance or disability while so recommending, it has been stated that there was sufficient basis in classical hindu law to cast a legal obligation on the father-in-law to maintain the daughter-in-law when the husband of the latter is unable to do so the bill, therefore, keeping in view the recommendation of the law commission seeks to amend  the hindu adoptions and maintenance act, 1956 providing for entitlement of maintenance of a hindu wife from the members of joint hindu family of the husbandhence this billnew delhi;cr patilfebruary 2, 2015 annexure the hindu adoptions and maintenance act, 1956(78 of 1956)     18(1)     maintenance of wife(2)     (3)  a hindu wife shall not be entitled to separate residence and maintenance from her husband if she is unchaste or ceases to be a hindu by conversion to another religion     ———— a billfurther to amend the hindu adoptions and maintenance act, 1956————(shri cr patil, mp)gmgipmrnd—4489ls(s-3)—02032015