Bengaluru, July 1 -- High Court overturns Mysuru Court's order; says wife earning more than husband cannot claim maintenance
Karnataka High Court has set aside the order of a lower Court in Mysuru, to pay for maintenance to a woman by her husband.
Justice Dr. Chillakur Sumalatha passed the order on Monday, allowing a petition filed by the 37-year-old husband from Gonikoppa, challenging an order dated Dec 19, 2025, passed by a trial court in Mysuru. The Court had directed him to pay Rs. 20,000 interim maintenance per month to the wife on the interlocutory application filed by her in a domestic violence dispute.
The Judge observed that "When a woman is financially sound, her income is more than that of her husband and she has no other liab...