Supreme Court of India · 2025
Rakhi Sadhukhan (SC Calcutta Enhancement)
Rakhi Sadhukhan (SC Calcutta Enhancement) is a 2025 decision of the Supreme Court awarding Rs 50,000 a month.
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Rs 50,000a month
Award type
Monthly
Marriage lasted
22 years
Claimed under
Outcome
Enhanced on appeal
What the court was looking at
The marriage had run 22 years by the time it reached court, which puts it in the over 15 years bracket.
What makes it worth reading
Enhanced from 20k to 50k; 5% biennial hike; standard of living.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pradeep Bhardwaj v. Priya | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Not stated | Article 142 | Granted |
| 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
- Full text of the judgement on IndianKanoon.
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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