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Allahabad HC warns husbands: don’t marry if you can’t fund maintenance
Politics
Published on 24 April 2026
Court rejects ‘I’m broke’ as a maintenance defence
The Allahabad High Court upheld a maintenance order, ruling that financial hardship cannot be used to dodge a husband’s legal duty to support his wife and children. The court noted that when the wife lacks independent income and carries childcare responsibilities, the responsibility to provide remains non-negotiable.
- Allahabad HC says hardship is not a maintenance excuse
- Husbands have a legal duty to support wife and children
- Order was upheld, given wife’s lack of independent income
- Childcare burden strengthens the case for maintenance
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