17 judgements by the husband's income
Where the husband earns more than Rs 5 lakh a month
A small number of reported cases, and the ones people search for. At this level settlements are usually lump sums rather than monthly orders, and the reasoning is about a clean break rather than about monthly need.
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Calculate your maintenance →A small number of reported cases, and the ones people search for. At this level settlements are usually lump sums rather than monthly orders, and the reasoning is about a clean break rather than about monthly need.
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 93,293. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X v. Y (Jharkhand Permanent Alimony) | Jharkhand High Court | 2026 | Rs 24,000 | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Alok Kumar v. Anupama Singh (Patna HC) | Patna High Court | 2025 | Rs 90,00,000 | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
| Bombay HC Businessman 3.5 Lakh Case | Bombay High Court | 2025 | Rs 3,50,000 | Section 25 HMA | Enhanced on appeal |
| Bombay HC Software Engineer Evading Maintenance 1 Lakh Cost Slapped Income Concealed | Bombay High Court | 2025 | Rs 30,000 | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Devika Jain v. Sidharth Jain | Delhi High Court | 2025 | Rs 1,00,000 | Not recorded | Granted |
| Jharkhand HC Autistic Child JP Morgan 2025 | Jharkhand High Court | 2025 | Rs 50,000 | Not recorded | Enhanced on appeal |
| Jharkhand HC Live-in Concealment Case | Jharkhand High Court | 2025 | Rs 5,00,00,000 | Section 12 HMA | Granted |
| Patna HC Merchant Navy Officer 2025 | Patna High Court | 2025 | Rs 90,00,000 | Not recorded | Granted |
| Patna HC Merchant Navy Officer Marriage Dissolved Wife Penury 90 Lakh | Patna High Court | 2025 | Rs 90,00,000 | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
| X v. Y (Jharkhand HC RTI Case) | Jharkhand High Court | 2025 | Rs 90,000 | Section 25 HMA | Enhanced on appeal |
| Karnataka HC Mentally Unsound Wife | Karnataka High Court | 2024 | Rs 60,000 | Section 24 HMA | Granted |
| Kerala HC Yoga Centre Case | Kerala High Court | 2024 | Rs 30,000 | Domestic Violence Act 2005 | |
| Kiran Jyot Maini v. Anish Pramod Patel | Supreme Court of India | 2024 | Rs 2,00,00,000 | Article 142 | Granted |
| Parvin Kumar Jain v. Anju Jain | Supreme Court of India | 2024 | Rs 5,00,00,000 | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
| Rinku Baheti v. Sandesh Sharda (Rs 12 Cr) | Supreme Court of India | 2024 | Rs 12,00,00,000 | Article 142 | Granted |
| Aishvarya Atul Pusalkar | Tis Hazari Mahila Court Delhi | 2023 | Rs 2,00,000 | Domestic Violence Act 2005 | Granted |
| Jaspreet Singh v. Swaneet Kukreja | Delhi High Court | 2021 | Rs 1,25,000Rs 1,54,545 in today's money | Not recorded | Granted |
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