Delhi High Court · 2007
Bharat Hegde v. Saroj Hegde
Bharat Hegde v. Saroj Hegde is a 2007 decision of the Delhi High Court awarding Rs 25,000 a month.
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Rs 25,000a month, about Rs 83,083 in today's money
Award type
Monthly
Claimed under
Outcome
Granted
What the court was looking at
The husband was described as industrialist.
The point of interest
11-factor framework laid down.
How it fits the framework
Since Rajnesh v. Neha in 2020, every maintenance order in India is meant to work through the same list of factors: the standard of living the marriage ran at, what the applicant reasonably needs, whether she is qualified and earning, and whether she gave up work for the family. A judgement from 2007 was decided before that list was written down, but the reasoning behind it is the reasoning courts had been applying for decades. There is a fuller account in how maintenance is calculated.
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Ranked by court, then by income bracket and marriage length rather than by date, so the comparison is with cases a court would actually treat as similar. Every row links to its own page.
| Case | Court | Year | Awarded | Claimed under | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annurita Vohra v. Sandeep Vohra | Delhi High Court | 2004 | Rs 18,000Rs 70,179 in today's money | Section 24 HMA | Granted |
| Mrs. Devika Jain v. Sidharth Jain | Delhi High Court | 2025 | Not stated | Not recorded | Granted |
| Ajeet Jain v. Chhavi Jain | Delhi High Court | 2026 | Rs 26,000 | Domestic Violence Act 2005 | Granted |
| Rakesh Ray v. Priti Ray | Delhi High Court | 2026 | Rs 50,000 | Domestic Violence Act 2005 | Granted |
| Chaturbhuj v. Sita Bai | Supreme Court of India | 2008 | Not stated | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
Sources
- 140 (2007) DLT 16
- Full text of the judgement on IndianKanoon.
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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