A Kerala High Court judgment established that a wife's statutory right to maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) cannot be waived in a private agreement, even if she agrees to waive it in a mutual consent divorce. She can still claim maintenance later if she is unable to support herself.     In an appeal filed against the order rejecting an application for maintenance by the wife and minor child (the appellants) against the husband, the Divisio