AMARJIT KAUR vs HARBHAJAN SINGH . — C.A. No. 4245 - 4246/2001

Case Summary: Amarjit Kaur v. Harbhajan Singh (C.A. 4245-4246/2001) The Supreme Court allowed the wife's appeals against the High Court's order on interim maintenance in her pending divorce case. While the High Court had granted Rs. 2,000/month maintenance and Rs. 2,000 litigation expenses, it imposed a condition requiring DNA testing of a male child in her custody, threatening to deny her maintenance if she refused. The Supreme Court set aside this DNA test condition, holding that courts cannot impose extraneous conditions with self-defeating consequences on interim maintenance claims. The Court emphasized that interim maintenance under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act depends only on financial need, not on issues to be resolved in the main proceeding. The maintenance award itself was sustained; the trial court remains free to consider DNA testing claims separately on their merits. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.