The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that a wife cannot be denied maintenance merely for being educated or qualified unless it is proven she left her job only to seek support. The Court upheld the family court’s decision granting ₹15,000 monthly maintenance.
The Supreme Court has ruled that divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act can be granted if a conjugal rights order is not followed for one year. Granting divorce after 16 years of separation, the court directed the husband to pay ₹30 lakh as one-time alimony.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that Section 125 CrPC is not meant to create idle dependents. Reducing a wife’s maintenance from ₹25,000 to ₹20,000, the court stressed that educated and capable spouses cannot rely fully on the other for support. A separate ₹15,000 monthly allowance for the couple’s daughter was upheld.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has ruled that a husband must maintain his wife for life if he has the financial capacity. Upholding a family court order, the court directed an 86-year-old Army veteran to pay ₹15,000 monthly maintenance to his 77-year-old wife, stressing that spousal support is both a legal and moral duty.
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud advised a couple to settle their dispute with mutual divorce instead of a long legal fight, telling the woman, “You must find a job for yourself.”
The Karnataka High Court has held that a husband must maintain his wife and child if the wife quit her job at his insistence. The Court clarified that paying school fees alone does not fulfill his duty of financial support.
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a cruelty case against a husband, observing that the dispute with his wife was due to sexual incompatibility, not dowry harassment or cruelty.
The Allahabad High Court has held that a widowed daughter-in-law is entitled to maintenance from her father-in-law if she lacks income, but reduced the maintenance amount to ₹1,000 per month.
The Telangana High Court has rejected a woman’s plea for divorce and ₹90 lakh alimony, ruling that she failed to prove her husband was impotent or committed marriage fraud.
The Allahabad High Court has held that a wife forcing her husband to live in a separate room and denying conjugal rights amounts to cruelty, granting divorce in favour of the husband.
