10 judgements by the husband's income
Where the husband earns Rs 60,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh a month
Above roughly Rs 60,000 a month, courts start weighing the standard of living the marriage ran at rather than the wife's bare needs. The two produce very different numbers and which one the court reaches for is often the whole case.
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Calculate your maintenance →Above roughly Rs 60,000 a month, courts start weighing the standard of living the marriage ran at rather than the wife's bare needs. The two produce very different numbers and which one the court reaches for is often the whole case.
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 20,732. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC 54-yr Govt Employee Divorce Refused | Supreme Court of India | 2026 | Rs 15,000 | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Bombay HC Working Wife Teacher | Bombay High Court | 2025 | Rs 15,000 | Section 24 HMA | Granted |
| Chhattisgarh HC Data Entry Operator | Chhattisgarh High Court | 2025 | Rs 20,000 | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Kerala HC BNSS Section 144 Wife Temporary Job Insufficient Income Entitled Maintenance | Kerala High Court | 2025 | Rs 4,500 | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| M.V. Leelavathi v. Dr. C.R. Swamy | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 50,00,000 | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
| Anupati Rajesh v. Anusha Sai | Andhra Pradesh High Court | 2024 | Rs 20,000 | Section 24 HMA | Granted |
| Meghrajsinh v. Meghaviniba | Gujarat High Court | 2024 | Rs 40,000 | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Hari Har Raj Kalingarayar v. Aarti | Madras High Court | 2018 | Rs 13,000Rs 19,159 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Kalyan Dey Chowdhury v. Rita Dey Chowdhury | Supreme Court of India | 2017 | Rs 20,000Rs 30,909 in today's money | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
| Annurita Vohra v. Sandeep Vohra | Delhi High Court | 2004 | Rs 18,000Rs 70,179 in today's money | Section 24 HMA | Granted |
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