Supreme Court of India · 2026
Mahabharata Case
The Supreme Court decided Mahabharata Case in 2026, settling on Rs 5 crore as a one-time settlement.
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Rs 5,00,00,000as a one-time settlement
Award type
One-time settlement
Claimed under
Article 142
Outcome
Settled
What the court was looking at
The husband was described as lawyer.
The point of interest
80 vexatious cases quashed.
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 2026 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Ranjithkumar v. E. Kavitha | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 1,25,00,000 | Article 142 | Granted |
| N. Usha Rani and Anr. v. Moodudula Srinivas | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 3,500 | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Pradeep Bhardwaj v. Priya | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Not stated | Article 142 | Granted |
| R v. D | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Not stated | Not recorded | Granted |
| Rakhi Sadhukhan (SC Calcutta Enhancement) | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 50,000 | Section 25 HMA | Enhanced on appeal |
Sources
- 2026 SCC OnLine SC 544
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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