The Allahabad High Court, in a ruling on March 25, determined that a habeas corpus petition is not an appropriate mechanism to ensure a husband's presence in a maintenance case. This decision came in response to a petition by Sangita Yadav, who sought to compel her husband to appear after he allegedly evaded warrants issued by a family court in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, for maintenance payments ordered in January 2021. The court clarified that it is the family court's duty to take necessary coercive actions to secure the husband's presence, rather than using habeas corpus as a tool for this purpose. The bench noted that previous cases cited by the petitioner involved different circumstances, specifically illegal custody, which justified the issuance of habeas corpus. This ruling reinforces the separation of powers between family courts and higher courts in matters of maintenance enforcement.