Delhi High Court · 2026
Rakesh Ray v. Priti Ray
Rakesh Ray v. Priti Ray was decided by the Delhi High Court in 2026. The husband's income was put at Rs 4.5 lakh a month and the award came to Rs 50,000 a month.
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Rs 50,000a month
Award type
Monthly
Child maintenance
Rs 40,000a month
Husband's income
Rs 4,50,000
Claimed under
Domestic Violence Act 2005
Outcome
Granted
What the court was looking at
The wife was described as drilling engineer in kuwait.
The point of interest
Homemaker does not sit idle; economic value of wife's contribution must be recognised; FDs exceeding Rs 1 crore; husband drilling engineer in Kuwait.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajeet Jain v. Chhavi Jain | Delhi High Court | 2026 | Rs 26,000 | Domestic Violence Act 2005 | Granted |
| Mrs. Devika Jain v. Sidharth Jain | Delhi High Court | 2025 | Not stated | Not recorded | Granted |
| Bharat Hegde v. Saroj Hegde | Delhi High Court | 2007 | Rs 25,000Rs 83,083 in today's money | Section 24 HMA | Granted |
| Annurita Vohra v. Sandeep Vohra | Delhi High Court | 2004 | Rs 18,000Rs 70,179 in today's money | Section 24 HMA | Granted |
| A v. State of Gujarat & Ors | Gujarat High Court | 2026 | Not stated | Not recorded | Reduced on appeal |
Sources
- 2026 SCC OnLine Del 757
- Full text of the judgement on IndianKanoon.
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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