Jharkhand High Court has given a big decision regarding maintenance.
Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court has given a big decision regarding the amount of maintenance to be given by the husband in case of separation from the wife. The High Court has said in one of its orders that if a wife lives separately from her husband without any valid reason, then she is not entitled to the amount of maintenance. The court of Justice Subhash Chand canceled the decision of the Family Court of Ranchi, in which a man named Amit Kumar Kachhap was ordered to pay an amount of Rs 15,000 every month for the maintenance of his wife Sangeeta Toppo. .
Woman alleges dowry was demanded from in-laws
The High Court said, ‘On looking at the evidence presented by both the parties, it was found that the defendant is living separately from her husband without any valid reason. As a result, she is not entitled to any amount of maintenance in view of Section 125 (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.’ Let us tell you that in the case filed against her husband Amit Kumar Kachhap in the family court of Ranchi, Sangeeta Toppo had alleged that after marriage as per tribal customs in 2014, when she went to her in-laws’ house, she was given dowry including car, fridge and LED TV. Demand started.
The court had fixed an allowance of Rs 15,000.
Sangeeta Toppo said in her allegation that her husband and his family used to put pressure on her for dowry. She said that her husband neglected her on small matters, and often abused her while under the influence of alcohol. Sangeeta also accused her husband of having an extramarital affair with a woman and claimed Rs 50,000 per month for maintenance. On this, the family court passed an order in her favor and fixed a maintenance allowance of Rs 15,000 every month from October 30, 2017 and asked the husband to pay this amount.
‘The wife stayed with me only for a week after marriage’
Husband Amit Kumar Kachhap had filed a criminal revision petition in the High Court against this decision of the Family Court. He said that after marriage, his wife stayed at his house in Jamshedpur for a week. After this she went to Ranchi in the name of serving her family for a few days. She had said that she would return within 15 days, but despite repeated requests she did not return. (IANS)
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