Punjab, Haryana High Court rules, “it is husband’s duty to maintain wife, even if he is beggar"
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has rejected a husband's plea challenging a subordinate court's order of paying ₹5,000 per month as maintenance to his wife during the pendency of their divorce case.
The Court dismissed a revision plea filed by a husband, in the case titled Sandeep V. Suman, who was a professional beggar, against a maintenance order for his wife. Justice HS Madaan, while delivering the verdict, stated that a husband has a moral and legal duty to support his wife, even if he is a beggar. The court emphasized that a husband must maintain his wife who is unable to support herself, irrespective of his profession.
It further added that the husband, who is able-bodied, should be capable of earning at least ₹500 per day, considering the current trend of inflation.
According to a report by Livelaw, the wife had filed for divorce and had also sought maintenance under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
She had requested a monthly maintenance of ₹15,000 and litigation expenses of ₹11,000. The court ordered the husband to pay a lump sum of ₹5,500 as litigation expenses and ₹500 per hearing.
The husband had challenged this order and filed a revised plea in the High Court.
The court, while dealing with the revised petition, observed that the husband had a moral and legal obligation to support his wife, especially if she is unable to maintain herself.
The court also noted that the husband had failed to establish that his wife had any means of earning or sufficient property to support herself.
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Tirupati laddu row: Samples of Ayodhya Ram temple 'prasad' sent for testing
Ayodhya, Sep 27: The Food Safety and Drug Administration Department on Friday collected samples of 'elaichi daana' or cardamom seeds being distributed as 'prasad' at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple here and sent them for testing, officials said.
The action was taken following a complaint lodged through the Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS), Assistant Food Commissioner Manik Chand Singh said.
Singh said the samples were procured from Haiderganj, where the cardamom seed offerings are prepared and sent to the Jhansi State Laboratory for comprehensive testing and evaluation.
Prakash Gupta, the officer in charge of the Ram Temple trust, revealed that on average, around 80,000 packets of cardamom seeds are distributed daily as a sacred offering.
Amid a row over the alleged presence of animal fat in laddus at the Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh, the chief priest of the Ram temple here on Thursday questioned the purity of ghee being sold nationwide and said 'prasad' should be prepared under the supervision of temple priests only.
