Lawyer gives wife ₹25,000 maintenance in coins, woman cries foul
Chandigarh : A woman, in her 30s, broke down and lashed out at her lawyer husband after he handed over her coins worth ₹24,600 as monthly maintenance in a divorce case.
The high drama took place during a trial in the court of additional district and sessions judge Rajnish K Sharma on Tuesday.
Unable to control her emotions at what she called “sheer harassment”, the woman told the court how she got the majority of the monthly maintenance of ₹25,000 in the form of ₹1 and ₹2 coins. Only ₹400 were in ₹100 notes .
The matter was adjourned for July 27 so that the money could be counted. The husband is an advocate in the Punjab and Haryana High Court .
It was in 2014 that the husband filed for separation and later divorce. Two months back, the court directed him to give a monthly maintenance of ₹25,000 to the woman.
After he failed to do so, the woman moved the high court, which directed the husband to pay ₹50,000. Finally, he paid a month’s amount to his estranged wife in court, but in coins.
Infuriated, the woman said it was her husband’s another way to torture and harass her. “This is a clear mockery of law,” she said outside the courtroom. She refused to accept her husband’s argument that he did not have the money.
“He is a practising advocate and has high-profile clients. In addition to this, he has a number of properties to his name,” she said. Meanwhile, the husband justified his move, stating that it’s nowhere written in what denomination the maintenance money has to paid.
courtesy : hindustantimes.com
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Minister Sivankutty welcomes PM Modi to 'developed Nemom', BJP hits back
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's roadshow here for April 9 Assembly elections, Kerala General Education Minister V Sivankutty and BJP state leadership on Saturday locked horns on social media over development issues.
Sivankutty, LDF candidate from Nemom, in a Facebook post welcomed Modi for the roadshow in the constituency later in the day and highlighted a series of development projects.
The BJP state unit took a swipe at the minister through another Facebook post sarcastically questioning his claims.
In the FB post, Sivankutty said he was happy that the Prime Minister would conduct a roadshow from Killipalam junction towards Pappanamcode, as it would provide an opportunity to witness the development initiatives carried out in Nemom.
The senior CPI(M) leader is also the sitting MLA in Nemom, one of the constituencies where BJP pins its hopes the most in the upcoming Assembly polls.
The minister invited PM Modi to witness what he described as a "developed Nemom".
He listed several projects along the proposed route of the PM's scheduled roadshow, including a newly established ITI at Chala built at a cost of Rs 18 crore and the state office of SSK, which he said was constructed by the Kerala government after alleged denial of central assistance.
The minister further pointed to infrastructure such as the Deputy Director of Education's office complex, and a new building for Chala school constructed at a cost of Rs 4.8 crore.
He also highlighted road development and beautification works from Karamana junction to Pravachambalam, undertaken at a cost of Rs 5 crore, along with new street lighting installations.
Sivankutty said additional projects included multi-storey school buildings at various institutions, road upgradation works, and a career development centre built at a cost of Rs 6 crore.
While welcoming the Prime Minister, Sivankutty also urged him to explain the delay in disbursing Rs 1,500 crore allegedly due to Kerala under the SSK scheme, stating that the funds are meant for supporting children from economically weaker and marginalised sections.
He further claimed that salaries of around 7,000 teaching and non-teaching staff under the scheme are currently being paid by the state government.
In its social media post, the BJP's state leadership responded sarcastically to Sivankutty's claims of development by listing a series of prominent landmarks in and around Thiruvananthapuram, suggesting that the PM could see them by simply turning in different directions.
"Turn a little to the right and you can see the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. Go straight from there and you will see the Vizhinjam seaport. Turn left and you can see the Thumba rocket launch centre. From there, if you go straight, you will reach Thiruvananthapuram railway station. Turn right and you will see the Padmanabhaswamy temple," it said.
"Go straight and you will reach Kovalam international beach. And if you look up from there, you can see the sky," the post said in Malayalam.
