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Bombay HC orders Rs 3 lakh deposit as interim maintenance based on her independent income test
India
Published on 24 April 2026
Family wealth doesn’t decide maintenance, need does
The Bombay High Court said interim maintenance should be based on the wife’s financial necessity, specifically whether she has sufficient independent income to sustain herself. In directing the husband to deposit Rs 3 lakh, Justice Urmila Joshi Phalke clarified that the wife’s family’s financial background is irrelevant to the maintenance question, focusing instead on her own earning capacity and need.
- Interim maintenance hinges on the wife’s financial necessity
- Courts must check if she has independent income to sustain herself
- Wife’s family background is irrelevant for this decision
- Husband was directed to deposit Rs 3 lakh
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