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Madras High Court:<\/strong> The Single Judge Bench comprising of M.V. Muralidaran J., held that \u201cIf the husband is healthy, able-bodied and in a position to support himself, he is under the obligation to support his wife under Section 125 CrPC, for wife\u2019s right to receive maintenance under the Section, unless disqualified, is an absolute right.\u201d<\/p>\n

The petition for divorce was first filed by the husband\/petitioner subsequently followed by a petition by the wife seeking restitution of conjugal rights and while these petitions were still pending, the wife of the petitioner filed another petition seeking interim maintenance for which the petitioner was asked to pay Rs. 16,000\/- per month to the respondent\/wife.<\/p>\n

The petitioner in his submission stated that he was unemployed and was living under the shadow of his father which makes him incapable of providing such huge amount of interim maintenance. But for the same stated issue the respondent\/wife contended that it was the husband\u2019s duty to maintain his wife\/child with the provision of all the basic needs, and also the contention of the petitioner is incorrect as he runs his own business.<\/p>\n

The Hon\u2019ble High Court, on noting all the facts and circumstances stated that it is the obligation of the husband to maintain his wife and he cannot be permitted to plead that he is unable to maintain his wife due to financial constraints as long as he is capable of earning. Therefore, the Criminal Revision was partly allowed by reducing the sum of interim maintenance to Rs. 10,000\/- per month by directing the Family Court judge to dispose of the petition without giving any further adjournment. [Vishnuprasad v. Vishnupriya,\u00a0\u00a02018 SCC OnLine Mad 1306<\/a>, dated 11-04-2018]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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