The Bombay High Court ruled that denying intimacy and making false accusations against a husband amounts to cruelty, upholding a family court order that granted divorce after the couple lived apart for over a decade.
The Bombay High Court ruled that a wife is entitled to maintenance even if she lives in her husband’s home, stating that she still needs financial support for living expenses, medicines, clothing, and education for their child.
Reviewing documents, Justice Gokhale noted the husband’s monthly earnings of Rs 1.3 lakh, his assets, and fairly modest living. In contrast, the wife, an MBA, struggles to secure a permanent job as she single-handedly cares for their 10-year-old son.
