India, Nov. 3 -- The sessions court recently denied interim maintenance to a woman who sought Rs.2 lakh per month from her ex-husband, under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, observing that her foreign trips and jointly owned properties indicated an 'extraordinary financial position.'

Dismissing her appeal against a 2019 Bandra magistrate court order, additional sessions judge Mujibodeen S. Shaikh observed that the woman had 'not proved' domestic violence and that she was not entitled to interim relief in the 2015 domestic violence case, which is under trial.

During the hearing on Wednesday, the court noted that her ex-husband has already been paying Rs.40,000 a month pursuant to a Bombay High Court order dated October...