Important statement from order : “As the Magistrate is required to exercise that discretion in a just manner, the income of the wife, also, must be put in the scales of justice as against the means of the husband. The object of those provisions being to prevent vagrancy and destitution, the Magistrate has to find out as to what is required by the wife to maintain a standard of living which is neither luxurious nor penurious, but is modestly consistent with the status of the family. “
Bhagwan Dutt vs Kamla Devi And Anr on 17 October 1974
You Might Also Like
Section 125(3) CrPC , Magistrate cannot order imprisonment for default in maintenance for more than 12 months in a single application: Bombay HC
Maintenance denied to Wife, on ground of Desertion without any sufficient reason and refuses to live with her husband: HC of Jharkhand 2 Feb 2024
sir mine wife during women cell had asked for seperate kitchen, den she told to have seperate tution center. we have spend around 6 lacks on that. is dere any judgement where wife and in laws mental and economic torture to husband