A wife, who is a working professional, should be able to take care of herself, the Delhi High Court has said while denying maintenance to a woman chartered accountant from her estranged husband.
A Bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani observed this while rejecting recently the plea of the woman, who had challenged a trial court’s order denying interim maintenance of Rs 3 lakh per month for herself and her two children.
The lower court had awarded Rs 22,900 per month as interim maintenance towards her two children but had declined to award her any monetary benefit, contending she was a chartered accountant with sufficient means to maintain herself.
“So far as refusal to award interim maintenance to the appellant/wife is concerned, we concurred with the finding of the Judge of Family Court.
“The wife who is a qualified chartered accountant (CA) and has been in profession since the year 2003 need not be granted interim maintenance under Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act,” the court said.