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Madras High Court: Willfull Desertion of Husband Doesn't Disqualify Alimony to Wife(10.08.2015)
Madras High Court has held that in case a woman is not willing to live with her husband and desert him that does not disqualify her from getting maint.....
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Judgments
Confirming divorce between publicly vocal couple, High Court says “sometimes it is better to be a blind wife and a deaf husband”(18.08.2015)
The High Court upheld a finding of mental cruelty by the Respondent against the Petitioner on the basis of scandalous and frivolous allegations made t.....
Tags : Divorce, alimony, fault, false allegations
Bombay High Court: Unchaste Wife Not Entitled for Permanent Alimony(01.10.2015)
Bombay High Court while setting aside an order of a family court granting Rs1,500 as permanent alimony to wife to be paid by husband while granting hi.....
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Gujarat HC: Divorce Deed Doesn’t Give Alimony Immunity(10.08.2016)
Gujarat HC has upheld a lower courts' decision stating that a man is liable to pay maintenance to his divorced wife in a destitute condition even afte.....
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Bombay HC: Nothing Wrong if Alimony is for Maintaining Lifestyle(22.08.2016)
Bombay HC, while giving partial relief to a man from a royal family, has said that there is nothing wrong in a woman expecting to maintain the same li.....
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Bombay HC to Ex-Royal: Deposit Rs 8cr for Stay on Alimony(23.08.2016)
Bombay HC has directed the scion of a former royal family from Punjab to deposit around Rs 8 crore if he wants a stay on a family court's order direct.....
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Supreme Court: 25% of Husband's Net Salary May Constitute a 'Just & Proper' Amount as Alimony(21.04.2017)
Supreme Court has set a benchmark for maintenance to be paid by a husband to his estranged wife, stating that 25% of his net salary might constitute a.....
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Supreme Court: Alimony Amount Must Be Befitting Status of Parties, Capacity of Spouse to Pay(24.04.2017)
Supreme Court has said that amount of alimony awarded to a woman must be befitting the status of parties and capacity of spouse to pay maintenance.
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Supreme Court Directs Husband to Pay Rs. 50 Lakh Amount, Flat Worth Rs. 1 Crore to 'Cruel' Wife(25.04.2017)
Supreme Court has directed a husband to provide his wife Rs. 50 lakh amount and a flat worth Rs. 1 crore, even though it held that acts of wife in fil.....
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Punjab and Haryana High Court: Woman Entitled to Alimony Even if Marriage Void(27.05.2019)
Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that a woman would be entitled to permanent alimony even though her marriage was declared illegal, nul.....
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Punjab and Haryana High Court Allows Unemployed Punjab Man to Give Rice, Ghee and Clothes in Alimony(18.07.2019)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a man to give rice, sugar, milk, pulses, ghee and three new salwar suits every four months to his wife as pa.....
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Allahabad HC Allows Claim for Maintenance u/s 125 CrPC in Addition to Alimony(22.02.2022)
Allahabad High Court has allowed the claim for maintenance of a wife under Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, despite the grant of divor.....
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Kar. HC: Able-Bodied Husband Having Earning Capacity Can't Seek Permanent Alimony from Wife(11.07.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that an able bodied man having the capacity to earn cannot seek for permanent alimony on divorce from his wife.
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Supreme Court: Maintenance or Permanent Alimony Should Not be Penal(18.07.2024)
SC while passing an order of dissolution of marriage and ordering the husband to pay Rs. 2 Crore as permanent alimony, has observed that it is necessa.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Dissolution of Marriage, Permanent Alimony
Supreme Court: Permanent Alimony Should not Penalize the Husband(11.12.2024)
Supreme Court while granting permanent alimony of Rs. 5 Crore to the wife as a onetime settlement, has observed that the amount of permanent alimony s.....
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Cal. HC: Alimony Sought Must be Commensurate with Actual Status of Spouses(14.01.2025)
Cal. HC has held that while determining alimony the question is not what are the actual daily requirements of the wife but as to what is the perceived.....
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SC: Can Grant Permanent Alimony Even if Marriage Void Under Hindu Marriage Act(13.02.2025)
SC has held that a spouse whose marriage has been declared void under Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955(HMA) is entitled to seek permanent al.....
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SC Orders Husband to Pay Rs. 1.25 Cr Permanent Alimony(19.08.2025)
Supreme Court has dissolved a marriage due to irretrievable breakdown under Article 142 of the Constitution of India and directed the husband to pay ?.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Permanent Alimony, Divorce, Irretrievable Breakdown, Article 142
Telangana HC Rejects Woman's ?90 L Alimony Claim Over Impotency Allegation(19.08.2025)
Telangana HC has dismissed a woman’s claim seeking ?90L alimony and divorce after finding that she failed to prove husband’s impotency or fraud. The C.....
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