In Brief
T.K. Surendran filed a special leave petition challenging a lower court judgment that affirmed an award of maintenance to his wife, P. Najima Bindu. The Supreme Court, relying on its precedent in Badshah v. Urmila Badshah Godse and Anr., declined to interfere with the maintenance award. Finding no grounds to disturb the judgment, the Court dismissed the petition, emphasizing that maintenance awards enjoy judicial deference absent compelling reasons for interference.
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