Maintenance Under Indian LAW
MAINTENANCE Under Indian LAW: The dictionary meaning of the term maintenance is support or sustenance. But the entitlement of claiming maintenance is certainly based on the assumption that the claimant doesn’t have the sufficient means to support herself/himself. The maintenance generally covers the expenses for necessaries or essentials for the substance of life. FACTORS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR FIXING THE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE. This is clear from the provisions under the acts mentioned, which give guidelines to the court by stating the factors to be taken into consideration for fixing the amount of maintenance. The court is to look into the possession of the property of both, the husband and the wife, ability of the husband to earn, conduct of the parties and other circumstances to decide the amount of maintenance. Before fixing the amount of maintenance the status of the parties and the standard of their life enjoyed by them, during the subsistence of marriage will h...