Wife's Earning No Bar: HC Upholds Rs 15,000 Monthly Maintenance

• Allahabad High Court ruled that a wife cannot be denied maintenance solely because she is employed or capable of earning.
• The court emphasized that Section 125 Cr.P.C. aims to ensure a wife lives with dignity, matching her husband's standard of living.
• The case involved Ravinder Singh Bisht challenging a Family Court order to pay Rs 15,000 monthly maintenance to his wife, Prabhjot Kaur.
• Husband claimed wife was educated, employed (earning Rs 11.28 lakh annually), and financially independent, while he had left his job.
• High Court found significant financial disparity, upheld the maintenance, citing Supreme Court judgments that mere earning by wife is not a ground to deny maintenance.