Terms of use

This is not legal advice

Indian law prescribes no formula for maintenance. Quantum is discretionary, guided by the factors in Rajnesh v. Neha, and two matters with almost identical figures can end very differently on facts a calculator cannot see. Before you act on any number here, speak to a lawyer about your own case.

What the estimate is built from

The estimate comes from 292 reported Indian judgements, from the Supreme Court and nineteen High Courts, decided between 1970 and 2026. How that is done is set out in how maintenance is calculated and in our editorial policy.

Reported case law is a biased sample. Most maintenance orders are never reported at all, and the ones that are skew towards contested appeals and higher incomes. We say so on the pages themselves rather than only here.

No warranty, and the limit of our liability

The site is provided as it is. We do not warrant that any figure is accurate, complete or current, or that the site will be available without interruption.

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss arising from reliance on anything here, including any decision to accept or refuse a settlement, to file or not to file, or to argue a particular figure.

Nothing in these terms limits liability for fraud, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be limited.

Using the site

You may read it, quote it with attribution, link to it, and use the estimate for your own purposes including in a professional practice.

Please do not scrape it at a rate that degrades it for other people. The underlying data is published as plain JSON at /data/cases.json and through an MCP endpoint precisely so nobody needs to scrape the HTML.

Do not present the output as a court order, as legal advice, or as coming from a lawyer.

The case summaries

Judgements of Indian courts are public. Our summaries, the inflation adjustments and the written commentary are our own work. Where a case is summarised we link to the full text so you can check us.

If we have got something wrong about a case, tell us and we will correct it. The editorial policy explains how corrections are handled.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts at Delhi have jurisdiction.