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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4 workers die after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad
Dhanbad (Jharkhand) (PTI): At least four workers died after being buried under coal slurry in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Saturday, a police official said.
The incident took place at Moonidih coal washery in the command area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).
"Bodies of all four workers were dug out of debris during a rescue operation," Putki police station in-charge Waqar Hussain told PTI.
The incident took place when coal slurry was being loaded into trucks by workers, during which a large chunk of slurry fell and trapped several workers underneath, officials said.
The deceased have been identified as Manik Bauri, Dinesh Bauri, Deepak Bauri, and Hemlal Gope.
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased and local villagers placed the bodies in front of the washery gate and began a protest.
They demanded compensation, jobs for dependents and action against those responsible for the incident.
Police and administration officials are trying to pacify the protesters, an official said.
