{"id":216491,"date":"2019-07-05T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T05:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=216491"},"modified":"2019-07-08T16:13:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T10:43:29","slug":"del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/","title":{"rendered":"Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can&#8217;t be divided equally between parents; husband can&#8217;t avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delhi High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the petitioner-husband against the order of the Appellate Court whereby his appeal challenging the order of interim maintenance\u00a0passed by the trial court was dismissed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The petitioner &#8212; a Muslim, and the respondent &#8212; a Christian, were married under Special Marriage Act. The petitioner had two daughters from his previous marriage. Two more daughters were born to the parties from their marriage to each other. However, subsequently, the respondent-wife alleged domestic violence and filed a petition under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005. In the petition filed by her under Section 23, the trial court awarded interim maintenance of Rs 60,000 per month to be payable by the petitioner. Claiming that he was a pauper, the petitioner appealed to the Appellate Court but his appeal was dismissed. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed the present petition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The petitioner, who was represented by Adab Singh Kapoor and Shefali Menezes, Advocates submitted that the respondent had taken over his business and he had no means to pay the amount of maintenance awarded. Per contra, the respondent, who was represented by Mrinal Madhav, Tarunesh Kumar and Kaushikesh Kumar, Advocates, supported the impugned order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The High Court noted that that three of the minor daughters, who were dependent on the petitioner and respondent, were being taken care of solely by the respondent. The petitioner was running a business of travel agency and bank account showed that he was earning a substantial sum of money. It was observed by the Court:\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Mere fact that the respondent wife is earning does not absolve the petitioner of his responsibility to maintain his three minor daughters.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>It was further said:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>&#8220;A child for her upbringing does not only require money. A lot of time and effort goes in upbringing of a child. It would be incorrect to hold that both the parents are equally responsible for the expenses of the child. A mother who has custody of a child not only spends money on the upbringing of the child but also spent substantial time and effort in bringing up the child. One cannot put value to the time and effort put in by the mother in upbringing of the child. No doubt, mother, if she is earning, should also contribute towards the expenses of the child but the expenses cannot be divided equally between the two.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was found by the Court that expenditure incurred by the respondent on the three minor daughters was far more in excess of Rs 60,000 per month. In such circumstances, and further relying on <em>Bhuwan Mohan Singh v. Meena<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/4qf1TS6A\">(2015) 6 SCC 353<\/a>, the Court held that the award made by the trial court was justified. The revision petition was, therefore, dismissed. [Farooq Ahmed Shala v. Marie Chanel Gillier, <a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/S5F0qlCy\"><b>2019 SCC OnLine Del 8972<\/b><\/a>, decided on 01-07-2019]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi High Court:\u00a0Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the petitioner-husband against the order of the Appellate Court whereby his <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8808,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[36452,8591,29789,36451],"class_list":["post-216491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-husbands-duty","tag-interim-maintenance","tag-special-marriage-act","tag-wife-earning"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can&#039;t be divided equally between parents; husband can&#039;t avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can&#039;t be divided equally between parents; husband can&#039;t avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Delhi High Court:\u00a0Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the petitioner-husband against the order of the Appellate Court whereby his\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-05T05:11:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-08T10:43:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Delhi-HC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1329\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"888\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bhumika Indulia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/05\\\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/05\\\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"headline\":\"Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can&#8217;t be divided equally between parents; husband can&#8217;t avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-05T05:11:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-08T10:43:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/05\\\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":494,\"commentCount\":2,\"keywords\":[\"Husband's Duty\",\"interim maintenance\",\"Special Marriage Act\",\"Wife Earning\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Case Briefs\",\"High Courts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/05\\\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/05\\\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/05\\\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\\\/\",\"name\":\"Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can't be divided equally between parents; husband can't avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-05T05:11:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-08T10:43:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/05\\\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/05\\\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/05\\\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can&#8217;t be divided equally between parents; husband can&#8217;t avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a\",\"name\":\"Bhumika Indulia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bhumika Indulia\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/author\\\/editor_1\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can't be divided equally between parents; husband can't avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can't be divided equally between parents; husband can't avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning","og_description":"Delhi High Court:\u00a0Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a revision petition filed by the petitioner-husband against the order of the Appellate Court whereby his","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2019-07-05T05:11:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-08T10:43:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1329,"height":888,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Delhi-HC.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bhumika Indulia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bhumika Indulia","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/"},"author":{"name":"Bhumika Indulia","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"headline":"Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can&#8217;t be divided equally between parents; husband can&#8217;t avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning","datePublished":"2019-07-05T05:11:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-08T10:43:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/"},"wordCount":494,"commentCount":2,"keywords":["Husband's Duty","interim maintenance","Special Marriage Act","Wife Earning"],"articleSection":["Case Briefs","High Courts"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/","name":"Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can't be divided equally between parents; husband can't avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-07-05T05:11:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-08T10:43:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/07\/05\/del-hc-expenses-for-upbringing-of-child-cant-be-divided-equally-between-parents-husband-cant-avoid-duty-to-maintain-merely-because-wife-is-also-earning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Del HC | Expenses for upbringing of child can&#8217;t be divided equally between parents; husband can&#8217;t avoid duty to maintain merely because wife is also earning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/919ec47cc1b871b362af05740398033a","name":"Bhumika Indulia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84c1b51748d0297cf12e5a898eccb7bd3eb5f0ab4ae8e275e2e65c4c83f84740?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bhumika Indulia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_1\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}