ITR Alone Can’t Prove Low Income to Escape Maintenance; Wife’s Earning Capacity No Bar: Gujarat HC

Vasantbhai Premjibhai Vekariya Vs State of Gujarat & Anr. (Gujarat High Court) The case concerns a criminal revision application filed by the husband under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, challenging an order of the Family Court, Anand dated 10.12.2021. The Family Court had directed him to pay ₹50,000 per month as maintenance to his wife from the date of application, i.e., 12.03.2019. The wife had filed an application under Section 125 Cr PC stating that the marriage was solemnized in 1995 and that she had supported the husband in his business. A son was bor...