Supreme Court This Week: Key rulings on dowry cases, bail, maintenance, reservation, insurance fraud and industrial disputes.
Read Full ArticleSupreme 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.
Bombay High Court rules that a working wife with sufficient income is not entitled to interim maintenance; child’s maintenance must be paid from the date of application.
Kerala High Court restores maintenance to a wife, ruling that earning capacity or occasional work cannot bar her claim if she lacks stable income.
The Kerala High Court ruled that a Muslim husband cannot avoid maintaining his first wife by citing a second marriage or support provided by their adult son.
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![“Lodging an FIR, Even If False, Does Not Per Se Amount to Instigation to Suicide” : SC [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2026/08/lj_8818_ChatGPT_Image_Aug_21,_2026,_02_29_21_AM.webp)
![Even If Wife Earns, Father's Liability To Maintain Children Cannot Be Halved : SC [Read Judgment]](/secure/uploads/2026/08/lj_6604_ChatGPT_Image_Aug_21,_2026,_01_37_11_AM.webp)
![Wife Living in Adultery Cannot Claim Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]](/secure/uploads/2026/08/lj_5275_Wife_Living_in_Adultery_Cannot.webp)
![Qualified Wife Choosing to Remain Idle Not Entitled to Maintenance: Allahabad HC [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2026/05/lj_3606_Qualified_Wife_Choosing.jpeg)
![“Husband’s Obligation to Maintain Wife Does Not Extinguish Upon His Death”: Allahabad HC Affirms Widowed Daughter-in-Law’s Right to Seek Maintenance from Father-in-Law [Read Judgment]](/secure/uploads/2026/04/lj_6869_Husbands_Obligation_to_Maintain.webp)
![Orissa HC Directs Son to Vacate Ancestral House for 86-Year-Old Father; Dismisses Cross Writ Petitions [Read Judgment]](/secure/uploads/2026/03/lj_6020_Orissa_HC_Directs_Son_to.webp)
![Maintenance Obligation Absolute, Cannot Be Evaded on Pretext of Unemployment or Pendency of Other Proceedings: Andhra Pradesh HC [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2026/03/lj_5795_Maintenance_Obligation_Absolute.webp)
![Allahabad HC Overturns Revisional and Appellate Orders, Upholds Registered Adoption Deed [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2025/12/lj_8827_Allahabad_HC_Overturns.webp)
![Working Wife with Sufficient Income Not Entitled to Interim Maintenance, but Child’s Maintenance Must Be Paid from Date of Application: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]](/secure/uploads/2025/12/lj_5568_Working_Wife_with.webp)
![Wife Entitled to Maintenance Even If Capable of Earning: Kerala HC [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2025/11/lj_9557_Wife_Entitled_to_Maintenance.webp)
![Muslim Husband Cannot Cite Second Marriage or Son’s Support to Avoid Maintenance: Kerala HC [Read Order]](/secure/uploads/2025/11/lj_4750_Muslim_Husband_Cannot.webp)
