Delhi High Court Orders Counseling for Parents & Child to Allow Unsupervised Father-Daughter Visitation, Modifies Family Court Order

The Delhi High Court directed professional counseling for both parents and their minor daughter to help start unsupervised visitation with the father. The Court said the child’s welfare is the most important and both parents must work together to make the child comfortable.

Maintenance Must Be Reasonable and Proportionate to Husband’s Income: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court partly allowed a criminal revision, reducing maintenance awarded to a wife and child from Rs 11,000 to Rs 7,500 monthly. The Court held maintenance must be “reasonable and proportionate” to income, considering the husband’s assessed monthly earnings of Rs 30,000.

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.

Section 2(2) Serves a Protective Function, Not Exclusionary; It Cannot Deny Hinduised Tribal Person Benefits of the Act: Chhattisgarh High Court Allows ST Man’s Mutual Divorce Plea

The Chhattisgarh High Court set aside a Family Court order rejecting a mutual-consent divorce petition because the husband belonged to a Scheduled Tribe, ruling that Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 protections cannot bar couples married under Hindu customs.

Registration of Marriage Does Not Remove Exceptional Hardship Where It Was Never Consummated: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court set aside a Family Court order denying waiver of the mandatory one-year waiting period for mutual consent divorce. A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar held that forcing a non-consummated marriage causes hardship.

Wife Cannot Be Assumed to Be Earning or Capable of Supporting Herself: Delhi High Court in Maintenance Case

The Delhi High Court held that a wife cannot be presumed to be earning for interim maintenance without proof. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected the husband’s claim of nursery teacher employment, noting absence of documentary evidence supporting alleged income.

‘Unemployment No Excuse’: Delhi High Court Says Able-Bodied Man Must Maintain Wife & Child

Delhi High Court ruled that a healthy man can’t avoid paying maintenance by citing joblessness. Rs 50,000 monthly support upheld for wife and child under Section 125 CrPC.

Mohammed Shami Suffers Big Blow, Calcutta HC Orders Rs 4 Lakh Monthly to Estranged Wife & Daughter

Calcutta High Court directs cricketer Mohammed Shami to pay Rs 4 lakh/month as maintenance to Hasin Jahan and daughter Aaira, effective from 2016. The court also asked the lower court to resolve the case within six months.

Orissa High Court: Chastity of a Woman is a Priceless Possession, Wife Can Live Separately if Husband Doubts Her Character Without Proof

The Orissa High Court upheld a Family Court ruling requiring a husband to pay Rs.3,000 monthly maintenance to his wife, who left due to his unfounded character allegations. Justice Satapathy emphasized a woman’s right to dignity and declared that without proof, accusations against her loyalty justify her decision to live separately.