Basically, I see this judgment in line with another recent one where interim maintenance was denied to a wife qualified as beautician.  I think the main thing in both judgments that the child of couple was staying with father, so the usual sympathy for mother as well as need for child support being paid to mother did not arise. Though such situations where child is left with father are somewhat rare, the main point to understand is there is no such rule that “you will have to pay some maintenance to wife” – a convenient quote often made by lawyers.  Maintenance will be decided based on details and merit of the case. Full judgment text below:                        … [Read more...] about Ambala, Haryana court denies interim maintenance under DV Act to woman who left child with husband