7 judgements by the husband's income
Where the husband earns Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh a month
At this level the fight is usually about what the income really is. Salary is only part of it, and courts look at lifestyle, foreign travel, property and company accounts when the declared figure does not match how the family lived.
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Calculate your maintenance →At this level the fight is usually about what the income really is. Salary is only part of it, and courts look at lifestyle, foreign travel, property and company accounts when the declared figure does not match how the family lived.
Income brackets are applied to the figure in today's money, not to the rupee figure the court wrote down. Banding on nominal income would drop every pre-2000 case into the lowest bracket and make this page meaningless.
Reading the columnThe middle monthly award in this group, restated in today's money, is Rs 50,000. Half sit below it and half above. It is a median, not a target, and it says nothing about what any particular set of facts is worth.
| Case | Court | Year | Awarded | Claimed under | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rakesh Ray v. Priti Ray | Delhi High Court | 2026 | Rs 50,000 | Domestic Violence Act 2005 | Granted |
| SC Enhanced Alimony Doctor Husband Educated Wife Duty To Maintain | Supreme Court | 2026 | Rs 30,000 | Section 25 HMA | Enhanced on appeal |
| Bombay HC Child Need-Based Not Proportionate | Bombay High Court | 2025 | Rs 50,000 | Section 24 HMA | Granted |
| Bombay HC Proportionate Share of Income Not Mandatory for Child Maintenance | Bombay High Court | 2025 | Rs 0 | Section 25 HMA | |
| MMM v. AAA | Bombay High Court | 2025 | Rs 50,000 | Section 24 HMA | Granted |
| Toiba Farooq v. Nadeem (Triple Talaq) | Srinagar Court J&K | 2024 | Rs 7,000 | Muslim Women Act 1986 | Granted |
| Anjana Mukhopadhyay v. State of UP | Allahabad High Court | 2023 | Rs 15,000 | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
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