The Kerala High Court upheld ₹10,000 monthly maintenance, holding that the husband's 70% disability was irrelevant as he had means but concealed his income.
Read Full ArticleAllahabad High Court holds that a divorced woman remains a “wife” under Section 125 CrPC and can claim maintenance even when the divorce was granted on grounds of desertion.
Delhi High Court upholds ₹5,000 monthly interim maintenance but modifies its effective date, holding that maintenance is payable only from July 1, 2024, when the wife became unemployed.
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Supreme Court quashes abetment of suicide FIR against in-laws, holding that lodging an FIR or seeking maintenance, even if false, does not by itself constitute instigation under Section 306 IPC.
Supreme Court restores ₹60,000 monthly interim maintenance for two minor daughters, holding that the mother's income alone cannot justify reducing the father's contribution.
Delhi High Court reduces interim maintenance from ₹30,000 to ₹25,000, holding courts must balance spouses' rights, liabilities, independent income and earning capacity.
Delhi High Court holds that a father cannot adjust his daughter's PPF funds against his independent legal obligation to pay maintenance.
The Gujarat High Court upheld the rejection of a wife's maintenance claim under Section 125 CrPC, holding that the statutory bar under Section 125(4) applies where the wife is found to be living in ad...
Karnataka High Court holds a Muslim father's duty to maintain minor children under Mohammedan law and Section 125 CrPC continues despite the mother's income.
Allahabad High Court denied interim maintenance to a doctor-wife earning ₹31 lakh annually, holding voluntary unemployment cannot burden husband.
Allahabad HC rules widowed daughter-in-law can seek maintenance from father-in-law; husband’s obligation does not end with death.
Orissa HC directs son to vacate ancestral house for 86-year-old father, dismissing both cross writ petitions under MWPSC Act, 2007.
Andhra Pradesh High Court rules maintenance is absolute; unemployment or pending cases cannot excuse a husband from paying wife and child.
Allahabad High Court upholds registered adoption deed, quashes appellate and revisional orders, reiterates statutory presumption under Section 16 HAMA.
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