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Reducing Maintenance – Legal Grounds and Strategy

Suprajaa Rajan — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:53:30 +0000

Maintenance orders are passed to ensure financial support for a spouse, children, or parents who are unable to maintain themselves. However, these orders are not permanent or unchangeable. If circumstances change, the paying party has the legal right to seek reduction of maintenance. Courts recognize that financial obligations must remain fair, reasonable, and proportionate to […]

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Vikaramjeet Rana Vs The State of NCT of Delhi and Anr on 6 Nov 2025 – Judgment Summary

Suprajaa Rajan — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:00:22 +0000

The Delhi High Court held that interim rent maintenance under the DV Act cannot continue after the wife acquires her own residence. The Court observed that the purpose of rent is to provide immediate shelter. Once the wife purchases a house, that need ends. Therefore, continuation of rent becomes unjust enrichment.Further, the Court recognised that […]

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N.Santhosh Kumar Vs S.Priyadarshini on 25 Oct 2025

ShadesOfKnife — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:12:12 +0000

A single judge of Madras High Court held as follows, From Paras 9 and 10, 9.As rightly pointed out by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the respondent has suppressed her true income in her affidavit. It is clear from the pay slip for December 2022 that the respondent is gainfully employed and earning a […]

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Deepak Laxminarayan Verma Vs State of Maharashtra on 1 April, 2016

ShadesOfKnife — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:13:39 +0000

In this order from Bombay High Court, it is ruled out that based on evidence that knife is working, inferences cannot be taken for the income being earned. Similar situation when reversed, husband’s property/business are expected to give returns and that can be inferred and ass-umed. Wah bhai High Courat. Tumhaaraa kaarname kamaal ki hey. […]

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Bhushan Kumar Meen Vs Harpreet Kaur on 28 April, 2009

ShadesOfKnife — Thu, 03 May 2018 21:31:25 +0000

This is a wonderful judgement by the Apex Court with many useful legal points in regards to the modification of maintenance under section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code. Legal points observed Home Loan is considered Maintainability of the application under Section 125 Cr.P.C. on account of the ability of the respondent-wife to maintain herself However, […]

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