As you said, you wife resigned from the job. Was her resignation accepted? If her resignation was accepted with immediate effect then it means she was not required to service the notice period.
If not, is the notice period not served and the amount of salary not paid, equal (e.g. you did not serve notice period for 1 month and salary of 1 month was not paid)
Under the provisions of labour law, salary cannot be deducted on any invalid ground (there is no provisions of deduction of salary through notice pay, though many employers do that). In this case, depending on the nature of employment as well as nature of the industry, one can claim his outstanding salary from the management.