The Allahabad High Court has said even if a husband has no income from a job he is duty-bound to provide maintenance to his wife as he can earn about ₹300-400 a day as an unskilled labourer.
A Bench of Justice Renu Agrawal of the Lucknow Bench of the High Court made the observations while dismissing a revision petition of the man against a family court order asking him to pay ₹2,000 monthly as maintenance to his estranged wife.
Justice Agrawal directed the principal judge of the trial court to take all recourse against the husband for the recovery of the maintenance already awarded in favour of the wife.
