An estranged wife can seek more maintenance from her husband under a different legal provision than the one she had filed earlier, if she feels that the amount granted the first time is inadequate, the Bombay high court has clarified. The court made the clarification while hearing pleas filed by an estranged couple from Pune district. His lawyer had argued that once maintenance is granted, a second application under a different legal provision is not maintainable, and therefore the civic judge should not have granted additional maintenance. However, Justice Phansalkar-Joshi rejected this contention and observed that there is no bar on such a second application for additional maintenance. Besides, she said, he was also earning Rs 15,000 per month from renting property.

Source: Hindustan Times October 10, 2017 09:18 UTC