The Delhi High Court, while enhancing a woman's interim maintenance, has said the amount cannot be determined with mathematical precision.
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Justice Amit Mahajan has also said that "mere earning in foreign currency" does not entitle the wife to claim maintenance by "mechanically converting the husband's foreign income into Indian currency".
The court was hearing revision petitions filed by the woman and her husband against a May 2023 order of a family court awarding ₹50,000 as monthly interim maintenance. The wife had sought an enhancement of the amount, while the husband had contested the award order.
In an order dated December 23, the court said, "The determination of interim maintenance is not an exercise capable of mathematical precision."
