No Maintenance if Qualified Wife Intentionally Avoids Work to Burden Husband Under Section 24 HMA: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has delivered an important judgment regarding Section 24 Hindu Marriage Act, which deals with maintenance pendente lite. The Court clarified that a wife who is well-qualified and capable of earning cannot deliberately remain unemployed just to claim maintenance from her husband. Background of the dispute In this case, the wife, Dr. Garima Dubey, filed an application under Section 24 Hindu Marriage Act seeking interim maintenance from…