Supreme Court of India · 2025
Rina Kumari @ Rina Devi v. Dinesh Kumar Mahto
In 2025, the Supreme Court fixed maintenance at Rs 10,000 a month in Rina Kumari @ Rina Devi v. Dinesh Kumar Mahto.
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Rs 10,000a month
Award type
Monthly
Marriage lasted
1 year
Claimed under
Outcome
Granted
What the court was looking at
By the date of the petition the marriage was 1 years old.
Why this one gets cited
Restitution of conjugal rights decree does not bar maintenance; restored from date of application.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reema Salkan v. Sumer Singh Salkan | Supreme Court of India | 2018 | Not stated | Section 125 CrPC | Granted |
| A. Ranjithkumar v. E. Kavitha | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 1,25,00,000 | Article 142 | Granted |
| N. Usha Rani and Anr. v. Moodudula Srinivas | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 3,500 | Section 125 CrPC | 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 |
Sources
- 2025 INSC 55
- Full text of the judgement on IndianKanoon.
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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