Bound to maintain wife for life’: Punjab & Haryana High Court upholds maintenance order against 86-year-old paralysed man, orders him to pay ₹15000 monthly maintenance to wife 

On 25 August 2025, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that a husband who has the financial capacity to support his wife is legally and morally obligated to maintain…

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HC rejects woman’s ₹90 lakh alimony plea as she fails to prove her allegation that her husband is impotent: Telengana 

The Telangana High Court recently rejected a woman’s plea for divorce and her prayer for permanent alimony of ₹90 lakhs, on finding that there was no proof to back up…

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Taunting Unemployed Husband During Financial Stress Amounts to Mental Cruelty: Chhattisgarh High Court

The case arose from the husband’s plea before the family court under Section 13(1)(i-a) and 13(1)(i-b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, citing cruelty and desertion. He claimed that he had…

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Doctor-husband has capacity to pay: SC modifies K’taka HC order, raises alimony from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 50 lakh for M Tech wife

The Supreme Court on Monday, 18 August 2025, upheld a decree of divorce while substantially enhancing the alimony payable to the wife from Rs. 15 lakh to Rs. 50 lakh…

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