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

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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…

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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…

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Delhi High Court says 25K maintenance “excessive” when husband earns 43K per month, reduces wife’s maintenance to ₹17k

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The Delhi High Court has modified a Family Court’s maintenance order, reducing the monthly amount payable by a husband to his estranged wife from ₹25,000 to ₹17,000. The Court held…

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