NEW DELHI ,March 2026 ,: The Supreme Court recently directed the employer of a man who refused to pay maintenance to his estranged wife to deduct ₹25,000 per month from his salary of ₹50,000 and transfer the amount directly to his wife’s bank account.
A Bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan passed the order after noting that the husband had failed to clear maintenance arrears and had declined to pay any amount towards the upkeep of his wife and minor daughter.
It therefore directed the husband’s employer to deduct the amount directly from his monthly salary and transfer it to the wife’s bank account.
“In such circumstances, we are left with no other option but to direct the employer of the respondent-husband… that an amount of ₹25,000 shall be deducted per month from the salary and the said amount shall be transferred by RTGS to the account of his wife,” the Court ordered.
The Court also expressed concern about the welfare of the couple’s four-year-old daughter. It noted that the child is being raised by her mother alone and that the child’s father had not even seen her for several years.
