Supreme Court on Husband’s Adultery Allegations Against Wife and Interim Maintenance
The Supreme Court examined whether a husband’s adultery allegations against his wife, supported by photographs and videos, could justify denial of interim
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92 Videos, 237 Photos to Prove Adultery! Who Took Them? SC Questions the Unregulated World of Private Investigators; Urges Legislature to Frame Laws
While deciding a matrimonial maintenance dispute where a husband presented videos and photographs obtained from a private investigator before the trial court to prove his wife’s adultery, the Court expressed massive concerns over breach of privacy, proper authorisation thereby highlighting engagement of private investigators as “an area sans regulation”.
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.