The Delhi High Court recently upheld a family court order directing a 5% annual increase in the wife’s maintenance amount, citing inflation and rising cost of living. The husband has been ordered to pay Rs 25,000 monthly to his wife and minor son, with a yearly increase of 5%.
“It is a matter of judicial notice that the cost of living and inflation increase with the passage of time, resulting in a gradual erosion of the real value of a fixed maintenance amount,” the Delhi HC said in a recent order.
