Court rejects wife's application for maintenance

One-liner: A court in Delhi rejected a wife's application for interim monetary relief under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.

What the court said: It said she was highly qualified and capable of finding a source of income and allowing her maintenance would promote idleness and dependency on the husband.

Wife seeks maintenance: Metropolitan Magistrate Swayam Siddha Tripathy was hearing an application filed by the wife under the Act seeking interim maintenance of ₹50,000 per month.

Not absolute: Underlining that the wife's right to receive maintenance from the husband was not absolute, the court said the wife had to show her inability to sustain, survive, and manage even the basic necessities.

• It noted that in the present case, though the wife was an MBA graduate, qualified at par with her husband, and able-bodied, she did not choose to seek a job.

Husband unemployed: The court also noted that the husband, a qualified doctor, was presently unemployed and said he was not living a luxurious life.

From a well-to-do family: The court also said that the wife was from a well-to-do family and also received compensation from her first husband.