No alimony for wife as husband proved her extra marital affair and got divorced on grounds of adultery in Chhattisgarh High Court case

Divorce without alimony: The High Court ruled that a wife divorced on grounds of adultery is ineligible for alimony/maintenance under Section 125. This decision upheld a family court's divorce decree, which was granted after the husband legally proved his wife's affair with his younger brother. The wife's lawyer said: "There is fine line difference between the phrases i.e. 'Living in Adultery' and 'Once lived in Adultery'." Know more.