{"id":383067,"date":"2026-05-02T13:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=383067"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:03:10","slug":"allahabad-hc-qualified-wife-not-entitled-to-maintenance-section-24-hma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/05\/02\/allahabad-hc-qualified-wife-not-entitled-to-maintenance-section-24-hma\/","title":{"rendered":"Deliberate non-employment by qualified wife to burden husband: Ground to deny maintenance: Allahabad HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.animate-charcter{background-image: linear-gradient(-225deg, #231557 0%, #44107a 29%, #ff1361 67%, #fff800 100%); background-size: 200% auto; -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; animation: textclip 0s linear infinite;}\n@keyframes textclip {to {background-position: 200% center;}}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span class=\"Strong\">Disclaimer:<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">This has been reported after the availability of the order of the Court and not on media reports so as to give an accurate report to our readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Allahabad High Court:<\/span> In a first appeal filed by the appellant wife against the order of the trial court partly rejecting their application for maintenance, the Division Bench of Atul Sreedharan and Vivek Saran, JJ., dismissed the appeal, holding that the appellant-wife, being an MD (gynaecologist), was fully capable of maintaining herself and thus not entitled to maintenance under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001543751\" target=\"_blank\">24<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726956\" target=\"_blank\">Hindu Marriage Act, 1955<\/a> (HMA), reaffirming that a qualified wife is not entitled to maintenance where she is able to sustain herself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/04\/16\/mp-hc-denies-maintenance-to-wife-earning-more-than-rs-1-lakh-a-month\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Attempt to Extract Pound of Flesh From Husband&#8221;: Madhya Pradesh HC Denies Maintenance to Wife Earning Over Rs 1 Lakh a Month<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The respondent husband, a neurosurgeon, filed a divorce petition against the appellant-wife, a qualified gynecologist. The wife along with their three children had filed an application at the trial court seeking maintenance under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001543751\" target=\"_blank\">24<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001543753\" target=\"_blank\">26<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726956\" target=\"_blank\">HMA<\/a>. The trial court rejected the application under Section 24 but allowed maintenance of Rs 60,000 per month for the children under Section 26, which the husband was paying. Aggrieved, the wife preferred the present appeal. The wife had contended that she is not working as she was removed from the hospital after filing of the case by the respondent-husband<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Also Read:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/04\/04\/while-determining-maintenance-trial-court-should-consider-earning-capacity-of-both-parents-all-hc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trial Court should consider earning capacity of both parents while determining maintenance: Allahabad High Court<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Analysis and decision<\/h3>\n<p>The Court noted that the appellant is a trained Gynecologist being a Post Graduate possessing a degree in M.D. (Gynecology) and is capable of earning handsomely in her line of expertise, and therefore rejected the contention of the appellant that she is presently not working. The Court observed that,<\/p>\n<p class=\"animate-charcter\" style=\"margin-left: 36pt; margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">&#8220;Where a qualified person is capable of earning more than enough through the use of her expertise and still refrains from doing so only to impose a burden upon her husband, in such a situation the Courts can deny maintenance under Section 24.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court noted that the trial court had relied on the wife&#8217;s income tax returns, which reflected earnings of more than Rs 31 lakhs per annum and rejected the application under Section 24 HMA, and that under these circumstances the impugned order cannot be faulted and thus, dismissed the appeal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dr Garima Dubey<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dr Saurabh Anand Dubey<\/span>, FAPL No. 594 of 2025, decided 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