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Karnataka HC rejects plea for higher maintenance as wife earns 1 5 lakh and husband assets look limited
Politics
Published on 6 May 2026
Wife’s income undercut her demand for more
The Karnataka High Court refused a wife’s request for higher maintenance despite her seeking an increase due to the husband’s one-acre land and possible inheritance from ancestral property. The court considered that the wife earned about Rs 1.5 lakh per month and that the husband’s available assets were limited, with the land mortgaged. It upheld the existing maintenance order.
- Wife earning Rs 1.5 lakh per month sought higher maintenance
- HC found husband’s assets limited, including mortgaged one-acre land
- Possible share in ancestral property was not enough to raise maintenance
- Original maintenance order was upheld
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