Supreme Court of India · 2025
Shakti v. Anita
The Supreme Court decided Shakti v. Anita in 2025, settling on Rs 10 lakh as a one-time settlement.
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Rs 10,00,000as a one-time settlement
Award type
One-time settlement
Child maintenance
Rs 5,00,000
Children
2
Claimed under
Outcome
Settled
What the court was looking at
There were 2 children, so child maintenance sat alongside the wife's own claim. The ground pleaded was cruelty. The wife was described as head constable.
What makes it worth reading
Educational and financial disparities between spouses influenced alimony; husband head constable; Rs 10 lakh permanent alimony to wife; Rs 5 lakh FD created for son's security.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Rakhi Sadhukhan (SC Calcutta Enhancement) | Supreme Court of India | 2025 | Rs 50,000 | Section 25 HMA | Enhanced on appeal |
Sources
- (2025) 3 SCC 728
- Inflation adjustment method: how we restate old awards.
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