Adultery and Interim Maintenance: Can an Allegation Stop the Money? The Supreme Court’s 2026 Ruling Explained
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi Picture a Delhi family court on an ordinary Tuesday. A wife has asked for interim maintenance. Her husband’s lawyer stands up with a folder of photographs and a single claim: she is living in adultery, so she gets nothing. What happens next? For years, judges handled […]
“She Is Not My Wife”: Can a Husband Stop a Maintenance Case by Disputing the Marriage?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: October 2026 A wife files for maintenance. The husband replies with one sentence: “She is not my wife.” Suddenly the case is no longer about money. It is about whether a marriage ever existed. This clash makes disputed marriage maintenance one of the trickiest […]
Delhi HC: Your Income Isn’t the Only Thing That Decides Her Maintenance
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 If you’ve been in a maintenance dispute recently, you’ve probably felt like the entire conversation revolves around one number: what you earn. Family Courts sometimes fall into that same trap — treating the husband’s income as practically the only variable that matters, […]
Can a Husband Claim Maintenance From His Wife in India?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 This is a question we get asked quietly, often almost apologetically — men assume the law simply doesn’t work this way, or worry about how it will look to raise it. The honest answer is that Indian maintenance law is more gender-neutral […]
Can a Wife Lose Interim Maintenance If Her Husband Proves Adultery?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We field a version of this question from both sides of the table with real frequency. Husbands ask it when they believe they have evidence their wife is in a relationship with someone else and don’t understand why they’re still expected to […]
I Have EMIs. My Take-Home Is Low. I Can’t Pay Maintenance.
The Supreme Court’s April 2026 Answer to the Most Common Argument in Every Maintenance Hearing. By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 I have heard this argument more times than I can count. A husband sits across from the maintenance court judge. His salary certificate shows a gross […]