The Court has to consider the
status of the parties, their respective needs, capacity of the husband to pay having
regard to his reasonable expenses for his own maintenance and to all those he
is obliged under law and also statutory but involuntary payment or deductions
from his income. The amount of maintenance fixed for the wife should be such as
she can live in reasonable comfort considering her status and the mode of life
she used to when she lived with her husband and she does not feel handicapped
in the prosecution of her case. The amount when fixed cannot be excessive.
High Court of Karnataka in K R Arun Vs Smt. M. Latha
Prepared
by: S. Hemanth
Advocate
at Hemanth
& Associates
