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Husband Cannot Reagitate Settled Matrimonial Dispute to Escape Maintenance Liability: Delhi High Court

01 Sep 2026 5 min read
Husband Cannot Reagitate Settled Matrimonial Dispute to Escape Maintenance Liability: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a husband cannot reopen a question of marriage that has already been conclusively decided in earlier litigation merely to avoid his obligation to maintain his wife under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Justice Saurabh Banerjee dismissed the husband's revision petition and upheld the Family Court's maintenance order. Parties Married According To Hindu Rites In 2002 The dispute arose between…

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