📘 Key Cases Denial of Maintenance to Wife | 3rd Edition (2025)
✒️ A Unique Compilation of Judgments Where Maintenance Was Denied or Reduced, this book presents critical rulings by the Supreme Court and High Courts where maintenance claims by wives were declined or scaled down due to legally valid reasons. It offers valuable insight into judicial discretion, evidentiary standards, and statutory interpretation under various maintenance laws.

🔍 Key Highlights:

• ⚖️ Comprehensive Digest of Cases – Covers rulings where courts denied maintenance based on factors like wife's earning capacity, concealment of income, cruelty, or desertion

• 📚 Judgments from Across India – A curated compilation from Supreme Court and all High Courts, organised for quick reference

• 📖 Statute-Wise Analysis – Includes decisions under:

  • Section 125 CrPC

  • Section 24 & 25 of Hindu Marriage Act

  • Domestic Violence Act

  • Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act

• 🧾 Equipped with Citations – Parallel references from leading law journals (SCC, AIR, CriLJ, DMC, etc.)

👥 Who Should Read This Book?

• ⚖️ Lawyers & Advocates – For preparing robust defence or opposing inflated maintenance claims

• 🏛️ Judicial Officers – For reference to precedents when assessing financial entitlement and statutory grounds

• 📊 Family Law Practitioners – Insights into conditions affecting maintenance decisions (e.g., wife’s income, cruelty, adultery, voluntary separation)

• 🎓 Law Students & Academics – For understanding nuances of maintenance litigation and evolution of judicial interpretation

📖 Coverage Includes:

• 🔍 Grounds for Denial of Maintenance:

  • Wife living separately without sufficient cause

  • Earning wife concealing income

  • Commission of cruelty or adultery

  • Suppression of material facts

  • Voluntary abandonment of marital responsibilities

• 📑 Reduced Quantum Cases:

  • Comparative assessment of husband’s income vs. wife’s earning

  • Cases where maintenance was reduced due to shared custody, prior settlements, or wife’s independent means

• 📚 Thematic Classification:

  • Desertion | Adultery | Capable Wife | Second Marriage | Suppression of Income | Voluntary Separation

📘 Special Features:

• ✅ Exhaustive Case Index – Topic-wise and statute-wise sorting for fast lookup

• 💼 Practical Approach – Includes summarised catch-notes, legal reasoning, and facts in brief

• 🧾 Balanced Perspective – Recognises the object of social welfare laws while also safeguarding against misuse

• 🔄 Updated & Revised – Includes latest judgments till early 2025, making it one of the most up-to-date references in this niche area

📌 Why This Book?
In a legal landscape where maintenance laws are liberally construed, this book offers a vital counterbalance, documenting how courts refused or restricted relief based on facts, fairness, and statutory grounds. Whether for defending maintenance claims, advising clients, or studying family law evolution, this volume is an indispensable tool.