Case Law Analysis
|Gujarat High Court
Section 125 CrPC | Voluntary PF/ESPP Deductions Excluded From Gross Salary For Maintenance Computation : Gujarat HC
The Gujarat High Court ruled that voluntary PF/ESPP deductions cannot be deducted from gross salary for Section 125 maintenance, as they are the husband's assets, not mandatory charges. Applying the Supreme Court's Harpreet Sawhney precedent, it quashed a net-salary-based order and remanded for fresh computation on gross income, safeguarding the wife's maintenance entitlement.