How to handle & stop interim maintenance

fight it hard. don't leave any stone unturned - once a maintenance is awarded will be a huge task to either bring it down or appeal.

once it goes for appeal the sword of some percentage upfront will be hanging. also gives bargaining chips to the opposite side liars.

You will find plenty of judgements where maintenance denied to capable wife. (Mamta Jaiswal case, Indermeet Juneja case etc.). You ask in any forum, everybody knows capable wife doesn't deserve maintenance. In spite of that recently judges is allowing maintenance, or at least interim. You need to make a strong case, merely citing the relevant judgements won't help.

Based on what I understood seeing the judgements which went against these precedent judgements are :
[1] Was the wife working before - what salary ? how long was she out of job ? "Employability and Employment are not same" (It's not my word I'm citing a line from a judgement). You also need to convince beyond doubt that she can easily get job paying Rs. XXXXX/- based on her suitable job profiles.

[2] If her last salary was Rs. XXXXX/- p.m. if it way too small than your salary ? Judges tend to bring equality assuming in domesticity total salary was equally enjoyed by both.

I am also in similar situation, my wife is working, still I am prepared to bear interim maintenance - always be ready for the worst. I am not discouraging you, that's what I feel seeing the trend in most recent judgements. recently there has been cases where judge blindly granted interim ingoring the income of wife. Especially once it's granted it's hard to contest it in igher court, because the it defeats the fundamental meaning of the name "interim".

So I'd say it is hard to avoid interim maintenance, So dont have any strong mindset there, do fight it though as others suggested. rather try to accelerate the main preceedings (divorce etc). Also if your wife is not working, appeal court to instruct her to find a job in 1 year. Court should at least respect that.

Also strongly argue your parents case, that your parents are your own liability, court cannot deny that. However your parents independent income might also be considered. IFAIK, the amount is 1/3 of take home income. Jude will leave 2 portions for your all expenses, and give 1/3 to her. If there is childen then even more.

thank you sir