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'Unique circumstances': Allahabad High Court's big verdict — wife can't claim maintenance if…
The Court ruled that a wife cannot claim maintenance if her family’s criminal act permanently disables her husband’s earning ability, citing Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
- The Allahabad High Court in Prayagraj dismissed the wife's revision petition seeking maintenance, a decision reported on January 24, 2026.
- On May 7, 2025, the Kushinagar family court rejected the wife’s interim maintenance plea after her father and brother allegedly shot Singh at his clinic, lodging a pellet that risks paralysis if removed.
- Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla examined Section 125 CrPC and held that if a wife or her family causes the husband's incapacity, she cannot claim maintenance, citing Shamima Farooqui v. Shahid Khan .
- By denying maintenance, the judgment prevented a claimant profiting from violence, as the court ruled a spouse cannot "take advantage" and cause "grave injustice" to the husband.
- By emphasising conduct, the court positions itself to scrutinise future claims under Section 125 CrPC, narrowing maintenance assumptions where claimants' conduct or relatives destroyed earning capacity.
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Allahabad High Court bars wife's maintenance claim after family's gun attack paralyzes doctor husband
In a landmark ruling, the Allahabad High Court denied a wife maintenance from her homoeopathic doctor husband, shot and disabled by her own father and brother. The decision underscores that a spouse cannot profit from violence inflicted by her family, rejecting claims amid undeniable evidence of the husband's permanent incapacity. Violent clinic assault leaves doctor paralysed The ordeal began with a heated altercation at Dr Ved Prakash Singh's …
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Wife can’t claim maintenance if her action contributes to husband’s incapacity to earn: Allahabad High Court
The Court dismissed a revision petition of a woman seeking maintenance from her husband, a homeopathy doctor, who was allegedly shot at by his brother-in-law and father-in-law during an altercation at his clinic
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