Wife’s Earnings No Ground to Reduce Father’s Liability to Maintain Children: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Allahabad High Court that had reduced the interim maintenance payable for two minor daughters from ₹60,000 per month to ₹30,000 per month. A Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta held that the fact that the mother earns an income cannot, by itself, justify reducing the father's financial responsibility towards his children. Key Principle on Responsibility of Both…