NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has enhanced the interim maintenance awarded to a woman in a matrimonial dispute from Rs 2, 500 to Rs 3, 500 per month, holding that the husband’s allegation that she was employed as a nursery teacher was unsupported by any documentary evidence.
A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma partly allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the wife, who had challenged an order of the Family Court, Shahdara, granting her Rs 2, 500 per month as interim maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.).
In its order, the Delhi High Court observed that the petitioner-wife had asserted she had no independent source of income, while the respondent-husband claimed to have limited earnings from his employment with an NGO.