The Delhi High Court held that a retirement corpus is capital, not monthly income, for interim maintenance under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, but the returns it earns count.
Delhi High Court held on 28 September 2026 that the Senior Citizens Act cannot be used to defeat a daughter-in-law’s claimed right to live in her shared household.
The Supreme Court let a mother take her two children to the UK for now, holding that the children’s best interest decides custody; the appeals will be heard in January 2027.