Affidavit of Assets and Liabilities Archives

Interim maintenance for financially independent wife

Filing a DV Act Petition Does Not Automatically Entitle a Wife to Maintenance, Especially When She Earns More Than Her Husband: Karnataka HC

In the case at hand, the wife disclosed a monthly income of ₹1,00,000, her TDS records showed ₹1,64,285. Her husband earned ₹60,000. However, the trial court awarded her ₹20,000 in interim maintenance.

Case Briefs High Courts

No “Larger Public Interest”; Wife Cannot Use RTI to Access Husband’s Income Tax Details in Matrimonial Disputes: Delhi High Court

“The parties shall be at liberty to take all remedies available in law for requiring the other spouse to place on record the affidavit as mandated under Rajnesh v. Neha, (2020) 2 SCC 324.”