Husband Must Prove Wife’s Adultery “Ex-Facie” to Deny Interim Maintenance: Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of S. 125(4) CrPC
A husband can’t simply delay a wife’s interim maintenance by alleging adultery, but if he proves it clearly, at the very outset, the law is equally clear: she isn’t entitled to a rupee, interim or final. The Supreme Court draws the line between the two.