Supreme Court of India · 2017
Manish Jain v. Akanksha Jain
In 2017, the Supreme Court fixed maintenance at Rs 25,000 a month in Manish Jain v. Akanksha Jain.
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Rs 25,000a month, about Rs 38,636 in today's money
Award type
Monthly
Claimed under
Outcome
Granted
What the court was looking at
The husband was described as businessman and the wife as fashion designer.
Why this one gets cited
Wife's parents income not relevant.
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 2017 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Shailja v. Khobbanna | Supreme Court of India | 2017 | Not stated | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Reema Salkan v. Sumer Singh Salkan | Supreme Court of India | 2018 | Not stated | 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 |
| Rajnesh v. Neha & Anr. | Supreme Court of India | 2020 | Rs 15,000Rs 19,452 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
Sources
- (2017) 15 SCC 801
- Full text of the judgement on IndianKanoon.
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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