Supreme Court of India · 2025
Pradeep Bhardwaj v. Priya
Pradeep Bhardwaj v. Priya is a 2025 judgement of the Supreme Court on maintenance.
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16 years
Children
1
Claimed under
Article 142
Outcome
Granted
What the court was looking at
By the date of the petition the marriage was 16 years old. There was one child, so child maintenance sat alongside the wife's own claim.
What makes it worth reading
16 years apart; SC treated irretrievable breakdown as standalone ground; maintenance enhanced.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rakhi Sadhukhan (SC Calcutta Enhancement) | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 50,000 | Section 25 HMA | Enhanced on appeal |
| Sonia Virk v. Rohit Vats | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 50,00,000 | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
| Parvin Kumar Jain v. Anju Jain | Supreme Court of India | 2024 | Rs 5,00,00,000 | Section 25 HMA | Granted |
| Rinku Baheti v. Sandesh Sharda (Rs 12 Cr) | Supreme Court of India | 2024 | Rs 12,00,00,000 | Article 142 | Granted |
| 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 |
Sources
- 2025 INSC 852
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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