Overview

• In a July 22 Supreme Court hearing, an MBA-qualified petitioner sought a Mumbai flat, ₹12 crore and a BMW as interim maintenance after an 18-month marriage
• Chief Justice BR Gavai told the woman she should earn for herself and offered a mortgage-free flat or ₹4 crore in lieu of her extravagant claims
• The Supreme Court bench has reserved its order on the high-profile alimony demand
• The Bombay High Court Nagpur bench rejected an estranged husband’s challenge to a lower court’s order, affirming a ₹15,000 monthly award for his physiotherapist ex-wife
• The Nagpur bench held that spousal maintenance must be calculated on a spouse’s actual income rather than on hypothetical earning capacity