Section 116: Obligation to take necessary care (herchaha) and provide maintenance (shyahar samhar)

1) The father or mother, as the case may be, who takes the custody of a minor pursuant to Section 115, shall take care of and maintain such minor, and, in so taking care of and maintaining the minor, the father or mother, as the case may be, shall do so in accordance with the provisions referred to in sub-section (2) of Section 114.

2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if the income of the father or mother who does not take the custody of a minor is higher than that of the father or mother who takes the custody of the minor, such a mother or a father shall provide such a minor with such expenses, for the purpose of maintenance, education and treatment of the minor, as agreed upon between such father and mother and in the absence of such agreement, as specified by the court.