Don’t marry if you can’t pay maintenance: Allahabad HC’s blunt message to husbands

Don’t marry if you can’t pay maintenance: Allahabad HC’s blunt message to husbands

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a man cannot use financial hardship as an excuse to avoid supporting his wife and children. Upholding a maintenance order, the court emphasized the husband's legal duty to provide for his family, especially when the wife lacks independent income and shoulders childcare responsibilities.