₹7K Maintenance 'Absolutely Meagre' Amount In Today's Time: Patna HC Finds Able-Bodied Fruit Seller Husband Capable To Pay

Sparsh Upadhyay

16 Aug 2025 1:46 PM IST

  • ₹7K Maintenance Absolutely Meagre Amount In Todays Time: Patna HC Finds Able-Bodied Fruit Seller Husband Capable To Pay

    The Patna High Court recently upheld a Family Court order directing a fruit seller husband to pay his wife ₹7,000 per month as maintenance under Section 125 CrPC, as it noted that the said amount is 'absolutely a meagre' sum in today's time. A bench of Justice Bibek Chaudhuri thus dismissed the husband's criminal revision petition while observing that it is not the actual income but...

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    Sparsh Upadhyay is an Associate Editor with LiveLaw

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