‘Mere earning of wife does not disentitle her from maintenance’: Allahabad HC orders husband to pay maintenance to wife earning Rs 11 lakh a year

  • Post comments:0 Comments

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the mere fact that a wife is employed cannot, by itself, be a valid ground to deny her maintenance. The Court made it…

Continue Reading‘Mere earning of wife does not disentitle her from maintenance’: Allahabad HC orders husband to pay maintenance to wife earning Rs 11 lakh a year

Delhi HC rejects husband’s unemployment claim, upholds ₹50k per month maintenance; says wife’s assets and education don’t defeat her right to maintenance

  • Post comments:0 Comments

The Delhi High Court has held that an able-bodied man cannot escape his responsibility to maintain his wife and children. Rejecting a husband’s plea citing unemployment, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, in…

Continue ReadingDelhi HC rejects husband’s unemployment claim, upholds ₹50k per month maintenance; says wife’s assets and education don’t defeat her right to maintenance

Despite Long Cohabitation, Woman Can’t Claim Maintenance From Partne If Her First Marriage Subsists: Allahabad High Court

  • Post comments:0 Comments

The Court observed thus while dismissing a revision petition filed by a woman challenging an order by the trial court which had rejected her maintenance application. The Revisionist claimed she…

Continue ReadingDespite Long Cohabitation, Woman Can’t Claim Maintenance From Partne If Her First Marriage Subsists: Allahabad High Court

  • Post comments:0 Comments

Reiterating that an able-bodied husband is duty-bound to support his wife and must earn “even by physical labour” to meet that obligation, the Allahabad High Court recently upheld a Family…

Continue Reading