Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora made the observation while upholding a magisterial court's order asking a resident of Sultanpuri in Northwest Delhi to pay an interim maintenance of Rs 6,600 per month to his wife and three kids and saying that the man has tried to hide his actual earnings.
It's a "harsh reality" that a man projects himself as a 'prince' to marry but becomes a pauper when asked to pay alimony to his spouse, a Delhi court has said.
Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora made the observation while upholding a magisterial court's order asking a resident of Sultanpuri in Northwest Delhi to pay an interim maintenance of Rs 6,600 per month to his wife and three kids and saying that the man has tried to hide his actual earnings.
"It is a harsh reality that when any able bodied man wants to enter into a wedlock, he projects himself as if he is a prince but when it comes to making any payment towards the maintenance, he projects himself nothing more than a pauper," the judge observed.
The court, while dismissing the man's appeal against the trial court's order, said that seeking maintenance was an "indispensable" right of a hard-pressed wife.
"To seek maintenance is basic and indispensable right of any hard up and broke wife. She can knock the doors of any court be it civil court, criminal court or family court.
"Perusal of the affidavit filed along with the supporting documents by the man makes it apparent that he has tried to downplay and hide his actual earnings or receipts and simultaneously tried to flatten his expenditures," it said.
The woman alleged in her complaint that she was taunted, tortured and harassed by her husband and in laws for bringing insufficient dowry. She also claimed her husband used to consume liquor and beat her and never used to take care of any household expenses.
The woman said that he had left her and their three children and went to his native place.
The man, however, claimed that his wife was aggressive, arrogant, uncooperative and temperamental and used to quarrel on petty matters.
During the proceedings, the trial court directed him to pay the interim maintenance.
The man claimed that with his meager income of Rs 5,000 per month, he was not in a position to pay maintenance as directed by the court.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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