{"id":93433,"date":"2026-02-23T10:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/non-earning-doesnt-mean-idle-hc-affirms-value-of-homemakers-work-grants-maintenance\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:37:17","slug":"non-earning-doesnt-mean-idle-hc-affirms-value-of-homemakers-work-grants-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/non-earning-doesnt-mean-idle-hc-affirms-value-of-homemakers-work-grants-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Non-earning doesn&#8217;t mean idle&#8217;: HC affirms value of homemaker&#8217;s work; grants maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court affirmed the economic value of homemakers&#8217; contributions, stating their work is crucial for a spouse&#8217;s effectiveness. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma emphasized that unemployment doesn&#8217;t equate to idleness, and the law must recognize unpaid domestic labor. The court awarded Rs 50,000 in maintenance, rejecting the notion that a wife&#8217;s ability to earn negates her right to support.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court affirmed the economic value of homemakers&#8217; contributions, stating their work is crucial for a spouse&#8217;s effectiveness. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma emphasized that unemployment doesn&#8217;t equate to idleness, and the law must recognize unpaid domestic labor. The court awarded Rs 50,000 in maintenance, rejecting the notion that a wife&#8217;s ability to earn&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/non-earning-doesnt-mean-idle-hc-affirms-value-of-homemakers-work-grants-maintenance\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;Non-earning doesn&#8217;t mean idle&#8217;: HC affirms value of homemaker&#8217;s work; grants maintenance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":93434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}