Allahabad High Court held that a husband cannot avoid his legal obligation to maintain his wife on grounds of financial difficulty. Court observed that a person who cannot maintain spouse should not marry in first place at all.
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 […]