Supreme Court of India · 2008
Chaturbhuj v. Sita Bai
Chaturbhuj v. Sita Bai is a 2008 judgement of the Supreme Court on maintenance.
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Calculate your maintenance →Husband's income
Rs 8,000about Rs 24,538 today
Wife's income
Rs 5,700
Marriage lasted
40 years
Claimed under
Outcome
Granted
What the court was looking at
The marriage had run 40 years by the time it reached court, which puts it in the over 15 years bracket.
Why this one gets cited
Earning wife with insufficient income still entitled.
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 2008 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.
The calculator walks the same factors a magistrate does, then shows you the judgements nearest your facts.
See your estimate →Judgements near this one
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhushan Kumar Meen v. Mansi Meen | Supreme Court of India | 2010 | Rs 5,000Rs 12,350 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | |
| U. Sree v. U. Srinivas | Supreme Court of India | 2012 | Rs 50,00,000Rs 1,03,78,738 in today's money | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
| Bhuwan Mohan Singh v. Meena | Supreme Court of India | 2014 | Rs 2,500Rs 4,399 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Sunita Kachwaha v. Anil Kachwaha | Supreme Court of India | 2014 | Rs 3,000Rs 5,279 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Shamima Farooqui v. Shahid Khan | Supreme Court of India | 2015 | Rs 4,000Rs 6,649 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
Sources
- (2008) 2 SCC 316
- Full text of the judgement on IndianKanoon.
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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