New Delhi (PTI): Divorced woman struggling to find a shelter despite getting alimony have been offered succour by the Supreme Court which has held that the maintenance given to them by their divorced husbands should include provision for residence.

"Maintenance, as we see it, necessarily must encompass a provision for residence. Maintenance is given so that the lady can live in the manner, more or less to which she was accustomed," a bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma observed.

The bench passed the observation while dealing with an appeal filed by Komalam Amma in a civil suit.