Wife’s Capability To Earn No Reason To Reduce Maintenance Awarded To Her: SC [Read Order]

Merely because the wife is ‘capable of earning’, it is not a reason to reduce the maintenance awarded to her, the Supreme Court has held in a recent pronouncement in Shailja vs. Khobbanna.A bench comprising Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Prafulla C Pant said whether the wife is capable of earning or whether she is actually earning are two different requirements and the high court...