Laws of Top Maintenance Cases in Favour of Husband

*Laws of Top Maintenance Cases in Favour of Husband*

1. Reduction of interim maintenance. (SC), Hbl JJ. R. M. Lodha, order dated 20-07-2010, Appeal No. 5660/2010, arising out of SLP (C) No. 6736/2007, Neeta Rakesh Jain v. Rakesh Jitmal Jain. Citation No. AIR 2010 SC 3540; (2010) 12 SCC 242; 2010 (7) JT I 76 (SC).

2. A wife who has deserted her husband is not entitled to maintenance. (Supreme Court), Bench Hbl JJ. S. Ahmed and D. Wadhwa, order dated 02-03-200, AIR 2000 SC 952, 2000(2) ALD Cri 15, 2000Cr. LJ 1498, Rohtash Singh v. Smt. Ramendrei & Ors. Citation No. (2000) 3 SCC 180; JT 2000 (2) SC 553.

3. Maintenance not awarded as it was proved that wife wanted to live separately. No maintenance on desertion of wife. (HC Chattisgarh), HBL J., L.C. Bhadoo, order dated 15-02-2004, Crl. Revision No. 544/2003, Shiv Kumar Yadav v. Santoshi Yadav.

4. Husband can get PF details of wife. (CIC, Delhi), Judgment No. 1816/IC(A) of 2008, F. No. CIC/MA/A/2007/00583, Prof. M.M. Ansari, order dated 10th January 2008.

5. Wife guilty of contempt of court, maintenance with costs denied. (HC Delhi), HBL J.S.N. Dhingra, order dated 25-01-2010, continued case (C) 482/2008, Gurbinder Singh vs Manjit Kaur.

6. Children have to maintain their parents. (HC Gujarat), HBL J. Akhil Qureshi, order dated 09-02-2011, CR RA/759/2009, 4/4, Hasmukhbhai Narayanbhai Virmiya vs State & Ors.

7. Conditions on which maintenance is to be paid. (HC Delhi), Shri Pradeep Nandrajog J., order reserved dated 02-04-2007, order dated 14-04-2007, CM(M) No. 367/2007, Alok Kumar Jain vs Purnima Jain. Citation No. 2007 (96) DRJ 115.

8. Amendment of Section 125 of CrPC by all States is illegal. (SC), Bench Hbl M Katju, Gyan Sudha Mishra JJ, order dated 11th January 2011, Crl Appeal No. 107/2011, SLP (Crl) No. 6568/2009, Manoj Yadav v. Pushpa Yadav. Citation No. 2011: 1 L.W. (Crl) 520.

9. Wife should make it clear that she is unable to maintain him. No maintenance to be awarded to wife who deserts husband. (High Court of Karnataka), Bench Hbl J.M. Patil, order dated 13-02-1980, Hounsabai v. Balakrishna Krishna Badiger 1980 (2) Kar LJ 158.

10. Maintenance on actual earnings. (High Court Delhi), Hbl J. Shiv Narayan Dhingra, order dated 25-07-2008 reserved, order dated 18-09-2008, CM(M) No. 1790/2006 & CM No. 1435/2006, Ritu Raj Kant v. Anitha. Citation No. 154 (2008) DLT 505.

11. Maintenance denied to working wife. (High Court of Madras), HBL A.S. Venkatachalamoorthy J., order dated 21-06-2002, Kumaresan v. Aswathy. Citation No. (2002) 2 MLJ 760.

12. No maintenance to able bodied and working wife. (High Court of Maharashtra), HBL J.C. Chitre J., order dated 24-03-2000, Smt. Mamta Jaiswal v. Rajesh Jaiswal. Citation No. 2000 (4) MPHT 457; II (2000) DMC 170.

13. No maintenance to earning wife, only to children. (High Court of Karnataka), HBL K. Manjunath J., order dated 22-08-2005, AIR 2005 Cantt 417, ILR 2005 KAR 4981, Dr. E. Shanthi v. Dr. H. K. Vasudev.

14. No maintenance to working wife under 125 CrPC. (High Court of Madras), HBL P. Sadasivam J., order dated 21-01-2003, Manokaran @ Ramamurthy v. M. Devaki. Citation Nos. AIR 2003 Mad 212; I (2003) DMC 799; (2003) I MLJ 752 (Mad), CMP No. 16264/2002.

15. No maintenance to wife, only to child. (HC Mumbai), HBL J. B. L. Marlapalle, Order dated 18-7-2009, Appeal Nos. 20/2005 & 144/2005, Smt. Manju Kamal Mehra v. Kamal Puskar Mehra. Citation Nos. 2010 AIR (Bom) 34; 2009 (5) AIIMR 798; Legal/360114983; LS/Bom/2009/1374.

16. No maintenance under Section 125 CrPC when wife leaves husband without any reason and she is earning member also. No maintenance to capable wife, only to child and no maintenance to wife living in adultery. (HC Uttaranchal), HBL J. Alok Singh, Order dated 18-11-2009, Cri. Rev. No. 201/2006, Smt. Archana Gupta & Ors. vs. Rajiv Gupta.

17. Wife should make it clear that she is unable to maintain herself. (HC Allahabad), HBL J.B. Katju, order dated 25-03-1976, Manmohan Singh vs. Smt. Mahender Kaur. Citation No. 1976 Cri LJ 1664.