{"id":35305,"date":"2026-11-04T05:36:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=35305"},"modified":"2026-11-04T05:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T05:41:16","slug":"sustenance-not-spoils-quantifying-maintenance-under-section-125-crpc-section-144-bnss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/sustenance-not-spoils-quantifying-maintenance-under-section-125-crpc-section-144-bnss\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustenance, Not Spoils: Quantifying Maintenance under Section 125 CrPC \/ Section 144 BNSS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>Sustenance, Not Spoils: Quantifying Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC \/ Section 144 BNSS<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>I. The Question<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maintenance litigation is fought on two fronts: entitlement (is the claimant unable to maintain herself?) and quantum (how much, and measured against what income?). A recent single-judge ruling of the Allahabad High Court addresses the second front squarely. It holds that the object of Section 125 CrPC (now Section 144 BNSS, 2023) is a measure for securing sustenance and dignity and not a means of creating a “bonanza or windfall” for the claimant. This article places that ruling within the Supreme Court’s settled jurisprudence.<\/p>

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