No Maintenance For Earning Wife Supreme Court No Maintenance For Earning Wife Supreme Court KUSUM BHATIA vs SAGAR SETHI 1. Divorce entitles the wife to get alimony if she cannot maintain herself but what about working professionals? Can a woman get alimony if she has a source of income? The answer is yes; a working woman is eligible to get alimony depending on her income and living conditions. 2. Earlier working women in India were not given any kind of alimony or maintenance but with the change in time and subsequent amendments in the law, alimony or maintenance are provided to a working wife under certain circumstances. 3. When we say a working woman, we consider someone who is economically independent and financially able to satisfy her needs but sometimes in cases of married working women do not earn enough to satisfy their necessities and partially depend on their husbands. These women are eligible to claim a certain amount of alimony. 4. The main reason ...
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