interim maintenance

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Del HC | Factum of marriage; held is a matter of trial; award of interim maintenance to wife under S. 125 CrPC upheld

Delhi High Court: Manoj Kumar Ohri, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the petitioner challenging the order passed by the Family Court

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Del HC | Qualification of wife and capacity to earn cannot be ground to deny her interim maintenance if she is without source of income

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the petitioner-wife against the order of the Appellate Court whereby

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Del HC | Application for interim maintenance filed by wife to be decided before disposing of the main case; order listing the matter for evidence quashed

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the petitioner-wife against the order of the trial court listing

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Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can’t be divided equally between parents; husband can’t avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the petitioner-husband against the order of the Appellate Court whereby his

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Del HC | Interim maintenance to wife and minor child can be awarded under Domestic Violence Act on basis of ‘notional income’ of husband

Delhi High Court: The Bench of R.K. Gauba, J. dismissed a husband’s petition filed against the order of Metropolitan Magistrate as confirmed by

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Del HC | Wife not entitled to maintenance under Section 125 CrPC for period prior to grant of divorce if decree passed on ground of desertion

Delhi High Court: The Bench of Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. disposed of a petition holding that the petitioner (wife) was not entitled to maintenance

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Quantum of Maintenance granted should always be reasonable: J&K HC

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Bench of Sanjay Kumar Gupta, J., dismissed a petition filed to challenge the order of

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Interim maintenance amount reduced on account of it being ‘excessive’ owing to low income of the husband

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Ravi Malimath, J. allowed a writ petition filed under Article 227 of the

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Divorce proceedings can be stayed on non-payment of interim maintenance only if the petition for divorce has been filed by the defaulting party

Kerala High Court: A Division bench comprising of C.K. Abdul Rehim and R. Narayana Pisharadi, JJ. affirmed the order of Family Court

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Payment of entire amount of maintenance awarded before filing an appeal thereagainst is not mandatory

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Vipin Sanghi and P.S. Teji, JJ. dismissed the petition filed by the wife against

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Prima facie case of domestic violence is necessary for ordering interim maintenance under Section 23 of DV Act

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Dharam Chand Chaudhary, J. dismissed a criminal revision petition that was filed

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Wife has an absolute right to maintenance under Section 125 CrPC, unless disqualified

Madras High Court: The Single Judge Bench comprising of M.V. Muralidaran J., held that “If the husband is healthy, able-bodied and in

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No interim maintenance to professionally qualified spouse having means to sustain oneself

Delhi High Court: Hearing an appeal against the Family Court’s order declining to award interim maintenance to the  appellant wife as she

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Factors to be considered for grant of interim maintenance, reiterated

Delhi High Court: Reiterating the factors to be considered while considering the merits of an application for grant of interim maintenance under