498A Case

your wife is entitled for maintenance  if she is not capable to maintain herself, if she is working she is not entitled to get maintenance from u. first u appear before the court and than proved it.  secondly  she is not entitled to any Accommodation if u have not. 

You have to show that your house is not your own but your father.

For streedhan its a matter of evidence.If there is no legal evidence adduced  in support of  the charge,ythe court may quash proceedings.Mere alllegation does not amount to an offence.

If she files a DV case and pleads interim maintainence ,you have to show your wife"s salary slip  so to reduce maintainence. Maintainence can be given on the basis of husband income, his life style,his position in societyetc.Court when making an order for maintenance in favour of a wife under s. 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ,the court has  to take into consideration the personal income of the wife.

Check CITATION  1960 AIR  862    1960 SCR  (3) 311