Supreme Court of India · 2025
N. Usha Rani and Anr. v. Moodudula Srinivas
In 2025, the Supreme Court fixed maintenance at Rs 3,500 a month in N. Usha Rani and Anr. v. Moodudula Srinivas.
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Rs 3,500a month
Award type
Monthly
Child maintenance
Rs 5,000a month
Claimed under
Outcome
Granted
What the court was looking at
The reported summary does not record the income figures or the length of the marriage, which is common in older reports and in interim orders.
The point of interest
Second wife entitled to maintenance even if first marriage not legally dissolved; MOU separation counts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Ranjithkumar v. E. Kavitha | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 1,25,00,000 | Article 142 | 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 |
| Rakhi Sadhukhan v. Raja Sadhukhan | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 50,000 | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
Sources
- 2025 INSC 129
- Full text of the judgement on IndianKanoon.
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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