The Orissa High Court dismissed a husband’s plea challenging a maintenance order, observing that an educated and able-bodied man cannot avoid supporting his wife and minor children by citing financial hardship, as he is presumed capable of earning and fulfilling his legal responsibility.
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court partly allowed a husband’s writ petition, reducing interim maintenance from Rs.1,00,000 to Rs.75,000 per month. The Court clarified that only actual income, not non-income-generating assets, should be considered under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act while deciding maintenance pendente lite.
The Allahabad High Court ruled that a wife’s job or income alone cannot justify denying her maintenance. What truly matters, the Court stressed, is whether her earnings can maintain the standard of living she had in her matrimonial home. The Allahabad High Court determined that a wife’s employment or income alone cannot be grounds for […]
Kerala: The Kerala High Court has ruled that forcing a wife to leave her job and depriving her of income is a form of “economic abuse” under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act). Justice G. Girish, who delivered the verdict, upheld the decision of the Additional Sessions Court, Kottayam, which awarded maintenance of Rs.5,000 per month to the wife.
