Decades-Long Separation Not Sufficient to Deny Maintenance to Wife if Marriage Subsists: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a revision petition filed by Bhim Singh Rana against an order directing him to pay ₹15,000 per month as ad-interim maintenance to Shardha Rana. The parties were married according to Hindu rites in April 1975 and have three children, all of whom are now major, married and independently settled. The couple has been living separately since around 1985. Shardha Rana said she was forced…