PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 2 -- In an important verdict, the Allahabad high court has held that a husband cannot merely rely on social media messages to establish that his wife is living in adultery without corroborative evidence of physical intimacy or cohabitation.

The single judge bench of justice Jai Krishna Upadhyay was dealing with a husband's petition challenging the grant of maintenance to his wife by the family court of Sambhal at Chandausi on October 1, 2025.

In the revision petition, the husband's primary ground was that his wife was disentitled from claiming any maintenance as she is living in adultery. In this regard, he placed reliance on printouts of Instagram chats alleged to have taken place between her and an advocate, with whom ...