Interim Maintenance to Wife Can Be Denied if Statutory Exception Under Section 125, Like Adultery, is Prima Facie Established: Supreme Court
In Himanshu Chordia v. State of Rajasthan & Anr., SC held that if a wife is prima facie found to be living in an adulterous relationship and husband is able to establish such allegation through clear and cogent evidence at threshold, she can be denied interim maintenance u/s 125 CrPC.
The appellant-husband, Himanshu Chordia, married respondent-wife, Arushi Jain, on 7 July 2014. Due to matrimonial disputes, wife left the matrimonial home on 13 May 2020 along with their child and valuables. Thereafter, she instituted proceedings u/s 125 CrPC seeking maintenance and interim maintenance.
The husband opposed the claim by filing an application...
