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    Obligation to Maintain Spouse Is Primary, Loan Repayments Can’t Override Maintenance Duty: Supreme Court
    Obligation to Maintain Spouse Is Primary, Loan Repayments Can’t Override Maintenance Duty: Supreme Court
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    Obligation to Maintain Spouse Is Primary, Loan Repayments Can’t Override Maintenance Duty: Supreme Court

    Supreme Court of India ruled loan repayments creating assets cannot reduce husband’s maintenance duty. Court held such financial commitments are voluntary, reaffirming statutory obligation to support estranged wife over capital investments or non essential expenditures.

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    “Shaanti Se Baitho”: Supreme Court of India Tells Man to Keep Paying Maintenance, Refuses Divorce Plea
    “Shaanti Se Baitho”: Supreme Court of India Tells Man to Keep Paying Maintenance, Refuses Divorce Plea
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    “Shaanti Se Baitho”: Supreme Court Tells Man to Keep Paying Maintenance, Refuses Divorce Plea

    The Supreme Court refused divorce to a 54-year-old man, asking him to offer permanent alimony instead of avoiding maintenance. The Bench remarked, “₹15,000 is hardly anything these days… Shaanti se baitho, dete raho 15,000, khush raho.”

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    Maintenance Cannot Be Excessive or Extortionate: Gujarat High Court Reduces Monthly Maintenance
    Maintenance Cannot Be Excessive or Extortionate: Gujarat High Court Reduces Monthly Maintenance
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    Maintenance Cannot Be Excessive or Extortionate: Gujarat High Court Reduces Monthly Maintenance

    The Gujarat High Court partly allowed a husband’s revision plea, reducing monthly maintenance from Rs 14,000 to Rs 12,000, with Justice P. M. Raval holding that while inflation matters, maintenance must match the parties’ status and payer’s capacity, not become excessive.

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