New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a wife is ineligible for maintenance if her own actions or those of her relatives directly cause her husband's inability to generate income. This decision sets a legal precedent regarding the intersection of domestic conduct and financial obligations.

The court reached this conclusion while dismissing a revision petition filed by a woman seeking financial support from her husband, a practitioner of homeopathy.

The husband's earning potential was severely compromised after he was allegedly shot by his father-in-law and brother-in-law during a violent confrontation at his private clinic.

Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla, presiding over the case, affirmed a prior ruling by a Kushina...