Interim Maintenance Aims to Prevent Hardship, Not to Decide Final Entitlement; Plea to Enhance ₹40,000 Interim Maintenance Rejected: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has clarified the limited scope and nature of interim maintenance while dismissing revision petitions filed by both husband and wife in a domestic violence case. The Court held that interim maintenance is discretionary, temporary, and intended only to prevent destitution during pendency of proceedings. The judgment was delivered by Justice Farjand Ali in the case titled Divik Ostwal versus Ambika Jain and other connected petition. Background…
