Significant Increase in Husband's Income, Rising Cost of Living Are Valid Grounds to Enhance Wife's Maintenance: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court, in a significant judgment concerning the rights of senior citizen spouses, enhanced the maintenance awarded to a legally wedded wife, recognizing that a rise in the husband's income, coupled with the changing cost of living, constitutes a “clear change in circumstances” justifying increased support. The order was passed by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in the case titled X v. Y, where both parties were over 60…