SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE
Abha W/o Ratnesh Singh – Appellant
Versus
Ratnesh S/o Virendra Singh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J.
1. Heard finally with consent of learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the rival parties at admission stage.
2. The Applicants, who are the Petitioners before the learned Family Court No. 2 at Nagpur in Petition No. E-542/2016 have challenged the Judgment and order dated 20/1/2020 passed therein, in the instant Revision Application. Under the impugned Judgment, the learned Family Court No. 2, Nagpur (for short, ‘the learned Family Court’), though granted maintenance to the present Applicant No. 2/daughter at the rate of Rs. 7000/- per month from the date of order, but rejected the claim for maintenance in respect of the present Applicant No. 1/wife. Thus, the Applicant No. 1/wife is before this Court for rejection of her maintenance and for granting a paltry amount to her daughter.
3. The facts leading to the present Revision Application are as under:
A wife's earning does not bar her from receiving maintenance; the court must consider the husband's financial status and the wife's lifestyle when determining maintenance.
The obligation of a husband to provide maintenance to his wife is fundamental, and the wife's earning capacity does not negate this obligation.
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