The Allahabad High Court cites a Supreme Court ruling and a Manusmriti verse in directing enhanced maintenance, as other high courts also rule on wife maintenance.
The Allahabad High Court recently directed that enhanced maintenance be paid to a woman from her husband's salary, Bar & Bench reported on 3 November 2026. The Court referred to a Supreme Court ruling and a verse from the Manusmriti. The case is titled Pinki Verma And Another v State of UP and Another, and Justice Praveen Kumar Giri is tagged in the report as a topic.
The available text of the report does not state the amount of maintenance awarded.
Other high courts addressed maintenance in August 2026. The Jharkhand High Court held that a husband cannot ordinarily rely on loans taken for "future wealth construction" to reduce his income when determining maintenance or permanent alimony, LiveLaw reported on 12 August 2026. It held that voluntary loan repayments, particularly for creating assets, cannot override the obligation to maintain the wife. The report says a Division Bench that included Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad heard the matter.
The Delhi High Court held that a Family Court cannot award interim maintenance to a wife solely on the basis of the husband's income while ignoring other relevant factors, LiveLaw reported on 11 August 2026. Justice Saurabh Banerjee said that even though the husband is a man of means, the Family Court cannot be oblivious of the cumulative variables relevant to the relief.
