⚖️ Delhi High Court: Interim Maintenance Should Normally Start from the Date of Application In an important ruling, the Delhi High Court reaffirmed that interim maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 should ordinarily be granted from the date of filing of the application , unless the court records strong and cogent reasons for granting it from a later date. 📌 Key Highlights of the Judgment In Sanyogita Gupta & Ors. vs. Ashok Kumar Gupta (Crl.Rev.P. 520/2024) , the Court observed that maintenance laws are social welfare measures intended to prevent destitution and financial hardship for dependent spouses and children. The case involved a wife and her two minor daughters who had filed a maintenance petition in 2016 alleging neglect by the husband. The Family Court later granted ₹5,500 per month each (₹16,500 total) as interim maintenance but directed that it would be payable only from 01 January 2019 , instead of the date of filing. The petitioners ...