Delhi High Court reduces interim maintenance from ₹30,000 to ₹25,000, holding courts must balance spouses' rights, liabilities, independent income and earning capacity.
Read Full ArticleThe 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 adultery and has voluntarily left the matrimonial home.
The Supreme Court urged the Centre and Law Commission to frame a law regulating private detective agencies while hearing a maintenance dispute involving allegations of adultery.
Calcutta High Court rules that irregular service of summons cannot invalidate an ex parte divorce decree if the defendant had knowledge of the suit and time to contest it.
Karnataka High Court upheld ₹20,000 monthly interim maintenance to a wife and child, holding that a husband who maintains a Mercedes Benz cannot claim the amount is excessive, while also dismissing his divorce appeal.
SC rules Sharia courts have no legal recognition; orders maintenance for woman denied relief by family court in CrPC Section 125 case.
SC: Woman can claim maintenance from second husband despite first marriage subsisting, emphasizing social justice under Section 125 CrPC.
Delhi High Court upholds maintenance order for wife under Domestic Violence Act, rejecting husband's appeal and claims of reduced income.
Divorced Muslim women can seek maintenance under Section 125 CrPC, as ruled by the Supreme Court, overriding the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986.
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