He argues that his income, assessed years later, cannot be applied uniformly to a period stretching back a decade. A father has gone to the Supreme Court against a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that raised the maintenance for his minor son to Rs 50,000 a month, payable from February 4, 2016.
On September 30, a Bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and Arun Palli issued notice on his plea against the High Court’s July 23, 2026 judgment. The Court also recorded the submission of his counsel, Advocate Sumit Gehlot, that no arrears remain if the Rs 20,000 monthly payment to the son is taken into account.
The Income Dispute
He also cites the Supreme Court’s ruling in Rajnesh v. Neha. He questions whether maintenance payable from the date of the application can be worked out on income assessed many years after it was filed.
How the case got here
Both sides challenged parts of that order in the High Court, which then enhanced the amount. The father also objects to the High Court reassessing his income in its revisional jurisdiction without enough evidence for the relevant years. These points are his own assertions in the petition.
The dispute began with a Family Court order of May 25, 2023, which directed him to pay Rs 20,000 a month for the child along with educational expenses. He refers as well to the parties’ divorce decree of June 1, 2020.
