Interim Maintenance News Today

The Karnataka High Court has held that in the absence of a stay on the decree for restitution of conjugal rights (RCR), if the husband fails to take the wife back to the matrimonial home, then it...

The Delhi High Court has clarified that findings of cruelty against a wife in divorce proceedings alone cannot be used to deny her maintenance under the Domesti

The Orissa High Court has held that Domestic Incident Report (DIR) from the Protection Officer is not mandatory and hence, not a pre-requisite to grant relief to an aggrieved woman under Section...

Observing that a woman residing in her matrimonial home is entitled to receive maintenance for necessary expenses, Bombay high court upheld an order

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that the wife cannot be denied the benefit of interim maintenance under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, merely on the basis of allegations of illicit...

The Bombay High Court has held that a woman residing in the matrimonial home would also be entitled to maintenance to meet her basic expenses. The court dismissed a petition filed by a husband...

India News: Observing that a woman residing in her matrimonial home is entitled to receive maintenance for necessary expenses, Bombay high court upheld an order

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court emphasised that before the grant of interim maintenance to an aggrieved woman under the Domestic Violence Act, there must be some evidence to persuade the court to grant such relief.

The Kerala High Court recently held that the Family Court can strike off the defence of the opposite party, only as a last resort on failure to pay interim maintenance under Section 125 CrPC during...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that the rejection of a wife’s application for maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC) cannot prevent her from seeking monetary relief under the Domestic Violence (DV) Act.