The Delhi High Court has ruled that a financially independent spouse is not entitled to permanent alimony, stating that alimony is meant to provide support to those in genuine need, not to equalise financial status or serve as a tool for personal gain, B ar and Bench reported.

The ruling came from a Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar while hearing a case where a woman had sought alimony after her divorce.

The woman, a senior officer in the Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), was denied alimony by a family court, which also granted divorce to her husband, a practising lawyer, on the grounds of cruelty. The High Court upheld the family court’s decision.

The couple, both previously divorced, were married in January 2010 but separated within 14 m

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