Earning Wife Still Entitled to Maintenance, ₹15,000 Support Upheld: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court delivered an important judgment in Lalitkumar Jivrajbhai Vaghela versus State of Gujarat & Another, reinforcing the legal principle that a wife’s earning capacity alone cannot deprive her of maintenance. The Court upheld the Family Court’s order granting ₹15,000 monthly maintenance to the wife and dismissed the husband’s challenge. Background of the matrimonial dispute The case arose from a matrimonial dispute where the wife alleged that she…