Section 10(1)(u) of ITA

(u)     any amount received by or accrued to any person-

(i)      from or on behalf of such person’s spouse or former spouse by way of alimony or allowance or maintenance of such person under an order of judicial separation or divorce granted in consequence of proceedings instituted after the twenty-first day of March, 1962, or under any agreement of separation entered into after that date.