Maintenance--Suppression of Income--Contradictory Income Disclosures Before Different Forums Vitiates Maintenance Order Under Section 125 CrPC and Warrants Fresh Determination
Deliberate suppression of income by a wife in maintenance proceedings under Section 125 CrPC, particularly where contradictory disclosures are made before different forums, vitiates the maintenance order and warrants fresh determination. Mandatory affidavits of assets and liabilities prescribed by the Supreme Court in Rajnesh v. Neha are intended to prevent concealment and speculative litigation. However, possession of some independent income does not automatically disentitle a wife from maintenance if such income is insufficient to sustain the standard of living enjoyed during the subsistence of marriage.
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