Jharkhand High Court · 2025
Manoj Kumar v. Sushma Dey
In 2025, the Jharkhand High Court fixed maintenance at Rs 60,000 a month in Manoj Kumar v. Sushma Dey.
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Rs 60,000a month
Award type
Monthly
Child maintenance
Rs 25,000a month
Claimed under
Outcome
Granted
What the court was looking at
The ground pleaded was remarriage during proceedings.
The point of interest
Husband remarried in 2019 violating court orders; 5% biennial enhancement.
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 2025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Vandana Kumari v. Greesh Babu Mathur | Jharkhand High Court | 2025 | Rs 4,00,00,000 | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
| A. Ranjithkumar v. E. Kavitha | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 1,25,00,000 | Article 142 | Granted |
| Alok Kumar v. Anupama Singh (Patna HC) | Patna High Court | 2025 | Rs 90,00,000 | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
Sources
- F.A. No. 55 of 2023
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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