Income Of Husband Not Sole Criterion To Determine Maintenance Pendente Lite: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, in the case of Deepak Malhotra vs Deepti Malhotra and Ors, has held that the proportion of the husband’s income to be awarded as maintenance pendente lite to the wife is dependent on the surrounding circumstances and cannot be determined by a strict mathematical formula.In this case, the family court had directed the husband to pay Rs. 22,000 every month to his wife as...