Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 297 · Decided 30 March 2017
Manish Jain v. Akanksha Jain
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 297 · [2017] 3 S.C.R. 702
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4615/2017
- Decided
- 30 March 2017
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, R. BANUMATHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406; CrPC Section 125; Hindu Marriage Act Section 24; Domestic Violence Act Section 23(2)
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - s.24 - Maintenance pendente lite and expenses of proceedings - Reduction of - Respondent-wife filed application u/s.24 claiming interim main(enance during pendency of divorce petition - Application dismissed by Lower court - High Court directed appellant-husband to pay 60, 000/- p. m. in addition to amount directed to be paid to the respondent-wife in proceeding under D. V. Act - On appeal, held: An order for maintenance pendente lite or for costs of the proceedings is conditional on· t~e circumstance that wife or husband who makes a claim for the same
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