New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Rejecting a divorced woman's plea seeking financial assistance, a Delhi court has observed that a wife living in adultery is not entitled to any maintenance from her husband.

Family court judge Namrita Aggarwal was hearing the plea of the woman, saying the estranged husband, though legally and morally bound to provide maintenance, was intentionally ignoring the same.

In an order dated August 20, the court noted that the predecessor court granted a divorce to the couple in May on the grounds that the wife was living in adultery, and that she was not faithful and loyal to the husband during matrimony.

It noted that the predecessor court had relied upon a DNA test report, which revealed that though the woman was the ...