Judge Bharati Dangre ruled that the woman should pay her ex-husband provisional alimony of £3,000 a month, under orders from the civil court in Nanded
The woman had appealed to the Supreme Court to challenge a local court order, but the Supreme Court upheld the Nanded Court’s order
Bombay High Court has ordered a woman to pay child support to her ‘impoverished’ ex-husband.
The woman, who is a school teacher, had approached the High Court to challenge a local court order, but the High Court upheld the Nanded Court’s order and ordered the woman to pay maintenance to her ex-husband.
The woman had argued that since their divorce in 2015, lower court orders made in 2017 and 2019 should be overturned.
Judge Bharati Dangre of the Aurangabad Bank of the High Court upheld the order in her February 26 judgment, ruling that the woman should pay her ex-husband provisional alimony of £3,000 a month, as ordered by the civil court.
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The civil court had also ordered her school’s headmaster to deduct £5,000 from her salary every month since August 2017 and deposit it with the court as unpaid maintenance.
Judge Dangre said that Sections 24 and 25 of the Hindu Marriage Law give the needy spouse the right to claim maintenance and upheld the lower court’s order.
“The grant of alimony/maintenance as a beneficial accommodation to the destitute (needy) spouse may be invoked by either spouse, may be invoked by either spouse if a disposition of any kind falls within Sections 9 to 13 existed and the marriage bond is broken, disturbed or impaired by such court order,” Judge Dangre said, according to a report by LiveLaw.
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The woman’s attorney argued that after a marriage ended, neither party was entitled to alimony or alimony. The man’s attorney contradicted the argument, saying that Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act did not provide for a limitation on alimony or alimony claim in this way.
The man claimed he had no source of income and was suffering from health problems that left him unable to work. He said the woman completed her education and became a teacher after marrying.
“In order to persuade the wife (applicant) to obtain the degree, he managed the household and left his own ambition aside,” said the man in his plea.
(With contributions from agencies)
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