Karnataka High Court · 2026
PMH v. SW
In 2026 the Karnataka High Court ordered maintenance of Rs 20,000 a month in PMH v. SW, against a declared income of Rs 40,000 a month.
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Rs 20,000a month
Award type
Monthly
Husband's income
Rs 40,000
What the court was looking at
The husband was described as wife employed and the wife as monthly.
What makes it worth reading
Karnataka HC upheld Rs 20000/month interim maintenance; wife earning Rs 40000/month; husband unemployed but past lucrative income proves earning capacity; wife's modest salary does not bridge status gap from matrimonial home; Rs 70000 originally sought by wife; 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnataka HC Financial Disclosure Guidelines 2026 | Karnataka High Court | 2026 | Not stated | Not recorded | Granted |
| Karnataka HC DV Jobless Husband 2025 | Karnataka High Court | 2025 | Not stated | Not recorded | Granted |
| Rana Pratap Singh v. Neetu Singh | Allahabad High Court | 2024 | Rs 15,000 | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Rajasthan HC 36 Year Marriage Wife Application Husband 40000 Income 5000 Interim Upheld | Rajasthan High Court | 2022 | Rs 5,000Rs 5,837 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| Sunita Kachwaha v. Anil Kachwaha | Supreme Court of India | 2014 | Rs 3,000Rs 5,279 in today's money | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
Sources
- WP No. 33410 of 2025
- Full text of the judgement on IndianKanoon.
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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