Wife Can't Be Denied Maintenance Merely Because She Is A Graduate: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Aiman J. Chishti

1 July 2025 5:45 PM IST

  • Wife Cant Be Denied Maintenance Merely Because She Is A Graduate: Punjab & Haryana High Court

    The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a wife cannot be denied maintenance merely because she is a graduate and capable of earning, especially when she is not gainfully employed.Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri said, "mere fact that the respondent/wife is a graduate would not itself mean that she can be denied of the Right of Maintenance which is conferred upon her by way of a...

    Aiman J. Chishti

    Aiman J. Chishti

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