New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that a wife's love affair with someone else is not sufficient to prove adultery and deny her maintenance.

As reported by LiveLaw, the Court stated that sexual intercourse is a necessary component for adultery to be established.

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"From Section 144(5) of the BNSS/125(4) of the Cr.P.C. it is clear that only if the wife is proved to be living in adultery, then the maintenance amount can be denied. Adultery necessary means sexual intercourse. Even if a wife is having a love and affection towards somebody else without any physical relations, then that by itself cannot be sufficient to hold that t...