12 judgements
Calcutta High Court: maintenance judgements
Maintenance and alimony judgements from the Calcutta High Court, 2021 to 2025. 12 in the casebook, 3 written up in full.
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Calculate your maintenance →High Court decisions matter in a way Supreme Court decisions do not: they are what the district courts in Calcutta actually see cited across the desk. If your matter is being heard in Calcutta, these are closer to your case than anything from Delhi or from the Supreme Court.
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Reading the columnThe middle monthly award in this group, restated in today's money, is Rs 4,146. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcutta HC Interim Maintenance Set Aside Employed Wife 32L Received | Calcutta High Court | 2025 | Rs 0 | Section 125 CrPC | |
| Calcutta HC Lifestyle Maintenance 2025 | Calcutta High Court | 2025 | Rs 25,000 | Not recorded | Granted |
| Mohammed Shami v. Hasin Jahan (Calcutta HC) | Calcutta High Court | 2025 | Rs 4,00,000 | Domestic Violence Act 2005 | |
| Rinki Chakraborty Nee Das v. State of West Bengal | Calcutta High Court | 2025 | Rs 4,000 | Not recorded | Granted |
| Calcutta HC 32 Lakh Settlement | Calcutta High Court | 2024 | Rs 0 | Section 125 CrPC | |
| Calcutta HC Lifestyle Maintenance | Calcutta High Court | 2024 | Rs 25,000 | Section 125 CrPC | Enhanced on appeal |
| Calcutta HC Long Cohabitation Presumption of Marriage | Calcutta High Court | 2024 | Not stated | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Calcutta HC Marriage Validity Not Precondition | Calcutta High Court | 2024 | Not stated | Not recorded | Granted |
| Calcutta HC Qualified Doctor Wife Earning Capacity Cannot Be Ignored At Ad Interim Stage | Calcutta High Court | 2024 | Not stated | Section 125 CrPC | |
| Sunita Das v. State of West Bengal | Calcutta High Court | 2024 | Rs 2,000 | Section 125 CrPC | |
| Meghna Nandi v. Asit Nandi | Calcutta High Court | 2023 | Rs 2,000 | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Calcutta HC Mutual Consent Divorce Lumpsum Settlement Section 125 Referred | Calcutta High Court | 2021 | Rs 3,000Rs 3,709 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
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