The Allahabad High Court dismissed a husband’s appeal against interim maintenance, ruling that financial hardship cannot be used to dodge the legal duty to support a wife. The court also observed that if a person cannot maintain a family, they should reconsider marriage altogether, reinforcing maintenance rights during matrimonial disputes.
The Allahabad High Court upheld a maintenance order, ruling that financial hardship cannot be used to dodge a husband’s legal duty to support his wife and children. The court noted that when the wife lacks independent income and carries childcare responsibilities, the responsibility to provide remains non-negotiable.
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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.
The Supreme Court held that a husband cannot be ordered to pay child maintenance when conclusive DNA testing proves he is not the biological father, even if the child was born during the marriage. Rejecting a wife’s appeal, the court upheld lower courts that denied maintenance after non-paternity was established.
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