Rajnesh v. Neha, Criminal Appeal No. 730 of 2020, decided by the Supreme Court of India on 4 November 2020 and reported as (2021) 2 SCC 324, is a landmark judgment on maintenance in matrimonial disputes. The Supreme Court framed nationwide guidelines on financial disclosure, overlapping maintenance proceedings, interim maintenance, criteria for determining quantum, date...
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Summary A husband in India is not automatically liable to pay any amount demanded as maintenance or alimony merely because a matrimonial dispute has arisen. At the same time, he cannot defeat maintenance by emotional allegations, artificial poverty, inflated liabilities or concealment of income. Indian courts decide maintenance on the basis of need, capacity, income,...
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A husband in India can file for divorce on legally recognised grounds such as cruelty, desertion, adultery, conversion, unsoundness of mind, renunciation, not being heard of for seven years, or by mutual consent, depending on the personal law applicable to the marriage. Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, divorce is available to either spouse under...
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