Overview

• The court ruled that the Domestic Violence Act treats spouses of first and subsequent marriages equally when awarding maintenance.
• It confirmed the trial court’s enhancement of the maintenance payment from ₹33,000 to ₹1 lakh per month.
• Justice Sharma dismissed the husband’s plea that his wife’s second marriage, her adult children, or his chronic Ankylosing Spondylitis relieved him of payment obligations.
• The judgment upheld an interim injunction preventing the husband from disposing of his immovable assets without court approval.
• Records showed the wife earns only ₹12,000 per month and meets her remaining expenses through loans.