⚠️ Yeh lekh saamanya jaankari hai, kanooni salah nahi. Maintenance ke maamle tathyon par tay hote hain, aur kai kanoonon ke tahat alag-alag niyam hain. Apne maamle ke liye family law advocate se baat kijiye.
Talaak ya alagaav ke maamlon mein yeh sawaal baar-baar aata hai: agar patni par affair ka aarop hai, toh kya use maintenance milega?
Internet par iska jawab aksar ek line mein diya jaata hai — "nahi milega." Kanoon itna seedha nahi hai. Aur July 2026 mein Supreme Court ne ise aur saaf kiya.
Kanoon asal mein kya kehta hai
Criminal Procedure Code ki Section 125 patni, bacchon aur mata-pita ko maintenance ka adhikaar deti hai. (Naye Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita mein yeh provision Section 144 ke roop mein hai.)
Isi section ka sub-section 125(4) ek apvaad deta hai: jo patni "living in adultery" ho, wo is section ke tahat maintenance ki hakdaar nahi hai.
Shabd dhyan se padhiye. Kanoon "adultery ki" nahi kehta. Kanoon kehta hai "adultery mein reh rahi" — aur yahi farq poore maamle ko badal deta hai.
"Living in adultery" ka matlab: lagataar, ek baar nahi
High Courts ne is phrase ko lagataar ek hi tarah padha hai:
| Adaalat | Kya kaha |
|---|---|
| Sikkim High Court (2019) | Maintenance tab nahi rok sakte jab patni ne "adultery ki"; sirf tab jab wo "adultery mein reh rahi" ho (SCC Online) |
| Patna High Court | Patni ki kuch naitik chooken "living in adultery" nahi hain (Bar & Bench) |
| Madhya Pradesh High Court (Feb 2025) | Bina sharirik sambandh ke kisi aur ke prati prem ya lagaav adultery nahi hai (Verdictum) |
Saar — in mein se koi bhi apne aap maintenance nahi rokta:
- Ek ghatna — ek-do chooken "living in adultery" nahi
- Sirf aarop — saboot ka bhaar aarop lagane wale par hai
- Emotional rishta — bina sharirik sambandh ke lagaav adultery nahi
Kanoon lagataar chalne wale aacharan ki baat karta hai.
July 2026: Supreme Court ka "ex facie" standard
Himanshu Chordia v. State of Rajasthan (2026 SCC OnLine SC 1461), 31 July 2026 ko Justices Sanjay Karol aur Vipul M. Pancholi ki bench ne tay kiya (SCC Online).
Maamla kya tha: trial court ne patni aur bete — dono ko ₹25,000-₹25,000 interim maintenance diya tha, aur pati ki Section 125(4) wali arzi shuruaat mein hi khaarij kar di thi, kyunki aarop mukhya roop se photos aur CDs par tike the. Rajasthan High Court ne bhi pati ki yaachika khaarij kar di.
Supreme Court ne kya kaha: agar adultery saabit ho jaaye, toh Section 125(4) ke tahat patni na interim, na final maintenance ki hakdaar hogi. Lekin interim maintenance par rok tabhi lag sakti hai jab pati shuruaat mein hi adultery ex facie — yaani pehli nazar mein, saboot ke zariye — sthapit kar sake.
Nateeja: adaalat ne maintenance par rok nahi lagayi. Maamla trial court ko wapas bheja gaya, taaki pati ki arzi par merits par faisla ho — kyunki use shuruaat mein hi khaarij kar diya gaya tha.
Yeh baat zaroori hai, kyunki is faisle ko kai jagah "SC ne affair par maintenance band kar diya" ki tarah pesh kiya ja sakta hai. Asal mein usne standard tay kiya, faisla nahi sunaya.
Isi maamle mein ek aur baat
Is case mein pati ne lagbhag 92 videos aur 237 photos pesh kiye the. Supreme Court ne kaha ki unki banawat se lagta hai ki wo private investigators se karwaye gaye honge — aur is poore kshetra ko "an area sans regulation" bataya, niji jeevan, data aur saboot ke saath chhed-chhaad jaise sawaal uthaate hue (SCC Online).
Matlab: zyada photos ka matlab zyada mazboot case nahi hai. Adaalat yeh bhi dekhti hai ki saboot kaise aaya.
Saboot ka bhaar kis par hai
Pati par. Jo aarop laga raha hai, use saabit karna hoga. Patni ko apni bekasoori saabit nahi karni.
Aur saboot ka standard ab saaf hai: interim stage par bhi "ex facie" — sirf shak, sambhavna ya ek-do tasveeren nahi. Saboot ke baare mein adaalaton ke haalia faislon par vistaar se: Court mein adultery kaise sabit hota hai.
Bacchon ka kya?
Section 125(4) ka bar patni ke maintenance ke baare mein hai. Bacchon ka adhikaar alag hai. Isi 2026 ke maamle mein trial court ne patni aur bete ke liye alag-alag maintenance tay kiya tha — maa par lagaye gaye aarop bacche ke adhikaar ko apne aap khatam nahi karte.
Aam galatfehmiyan
| Galatfehmi | Sach |
|---|---|
| "Affair ka aarop lagao, maintenance band" | Aarop kaafi nahi; "living in adultery" saabit karna hota hai |
| "Ek baar ka affair kaafi hai" | High Courts ke mutabik ek-do ghatnayein kaafi nahi |
| "Emotional affair bhi gin jaata hai" | MP HC: bina sharirik sambandh ke lagaav adultery nahi |
| "SC ne 2026 mein maintenance band kiya" | SC ne standard tay kiya aur maamla wapas bheja |
| "Bacchon ka maintenance bhi ruk jaata hai" | Bar patni ke maintenance par hai |
| "Jitni zyada photos, utna mazboot case" | SC ne private investigators ke saboot par hi sawaal uthaye |
Ek zaroori note
Yeh lekh sirf CrPC ki Section 125 (ab BNSS Section 144) ke baare mein hai. Hindu Marriage Act aur Domestic Violence Act jaise doosre kanoonon ke tahat maintenance ke apne niyam hain, aur ek hi parivaar ke maamle mein kai arziyan saath chal sakti hain. Apni sthiti ke liye vakeel se poori tasveer samjhiye.
⚠️ Dobara: yeh kanooni salah nahi hai.
→ Sambandhit: Court mein adultery kaise sabit hota hai · Kya India mein adultery crime hai? · India ka divorce rate: asli data
Sources: SCC Online — Himanshu Chordia v. State of Rajasthan, interim maintenance and 'ex facie' adultery (decided 31 Jul 2026) · SCC Online — SC on evidence procured by private investigators (same case) · SCC Online — Sikkim HC, 'living in adultery' (18 Nov 2019) · Bar & Bench — Patna HC, moral lapses not 'living in adultery' · Verdictum — MP HC, emotional affection without physical relations (14 Feb 2025)
