Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Interim maintenance - Husband continues to work as not in dispute as per impugned order of granting maintenance to wife - Moreover, if husband is an able bodied man, it is his duty to maintain his wife - Interim maintenance rightly granted to wife...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Posting of letter of appointment for job on social media by wife, which she later claims to be fake, is not sufficient to make out a case with regard to employment of wife, particularly when there is no concrete proof of actual employment...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Mere possession of qualifications by wife who is admittedly not employed, cannot ipso facto be a reason to deny interim maintenance altogether...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Highly qualified wife - Net salary of husband is Rs.66,050 pm - However, taking into account that wife being unemployed, possession of higher qualifications by her on the strength of which she could make an endeavor to secure job as well as income of husband, wife is entitled to Rs.7500/- as interim..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 25 -- Permanent alimony - Parties have lived together in a matrimonial home only for nine months - Even though, there is no child from their wedlock and even though during this litigation admittedly husband has already paid Rs.23 lakhs to wife as maintenance, yet it is fit to grant sum of Rs.18 lakhs as permanent alimony as full and final..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia), 9 -- Divorce petition by husband - Petition for restitution of conjugal rights filed by wife - Husband has not shown any strong legal ground on which he can claim divorce from his wife - Wife hardly lived for six months with husband and thereafter husband deserted her without any valid reason - She filed petition for restitution..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Mere fact that wife is educated and is doing something to survive since she has been thrown out of her matrimonial home cannot be a reason to deny interim maintenance - Moreover, an able bodied husband cannot argue that he is not in a position to maintain his wife - Interim maintenance rightly granted to..........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 18, 20 -- Maintenance to wife and daughter - Wife is living separately with girl child and is unable to maintain herself - Husband is a software professional and was working at Singapore at the time of marriage - However, case of husband is that presently he is unemployed as he lost his job but same is not proved - Wife..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Husband on the ground of nature of employment or quantum of salary he is receiving cannot contend that he has no obligation at all to maintain wife and his two children - Obligation on the part of husband to take care of wife is not only legal but also moral - Maintenance @ Rs.5000/- as awarded by Court..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Wife was already getting an amount of Rs.4000 as maintenance u/s 125 Cr.P.C - Family Court thus, came to conclusion that no further grant of maintenance is warranted - However, family Court directing husband to pay Rs.5000/- as litigation costs, since wife has to engage a lawyer and defend herself in..........
