Supreme Court Expressed Shock At High Court Order Reducing Maintenance For Wife As Merely Rs. 1,000 Per Month

The Supreme Court in the case observed and has expressed shock at the impugned judgment of the Jharkhand High Court, whereby the maintenance amount of Rs. 5,000, awarded by the Trial Court, was being reduced to Rs. 1,000, per month

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The court in the case opined that this court finds no justification for reducing the amount to such an extremely low limit.

The bench comprising of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah in the case observed and has stated that it is shocking that the maintenance amount has been so drastically reduced to a petty amount of Rs. 1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) per month for a lady to maintain herself.