Can Maintenance Increase Every Year? What the 2026 High Courts Said About Inflation
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: October 2026 Introduction A maintenance order may look final when the court fixes a monthly amount. But what happens when that same amount has to support a wife or child for the next five, eight or ten years? Rent increases. School fees increase. Medical […]
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 Your Wife Claim Maintenance From Your Property Even After You Sell It?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We’ve had husbands ask us, sometimes quite bluntly, whether selling or transferring property puts it out of reach of a maintenance claim. We’ve also had wives ask the opposite question, worried that a husband quietly selling assets during a separation means there’s […]
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 […]
SC Puts ₹30,000/Month Value on Homemakers — What It Means for Your Alimony
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: June 2026 Two days ago, a ruling from the Supreme Court of India went viral across every major news platform in the country. It wasn’t, on its face, a divorce case. It was a motor accident compensation claim — a homemaker named Reshma had […]