Prayagraj, Oct. 30 -- The Allahabad high court has stressed a husband's "pious obligation" to maintain his wife, minor children and aged parents, citing a Manusmriti verse, as it directed deduction of 25% of a bank employee's gross monthly salary as maintenance to his wife and daughter. A bench of justice Praveen Kumar Giri referred to Chapter XI, Verse 10 of the Manusmriti while dealing with a criminal revision filed by a wife seeking enhancement to Rs.40,000 of the Rs.19,000 maintenance awarded by a family court in Kanpur Nagar on December 22, 2025. "...Not only legal but a pious obligation is upon the husband to maintain his chaste wife, minor children and parents, if they are financially unable to maintain themselves. The same has also ...