Husband must continue maintenance payments despite unemployment: Karnataka High Court
Bengaluru: In a recent ruling, the High Court has said that a husband cannot evade the responsibility of providing maintenance to his divorced wife and child simply because he is currently unemployed. The decision came following a petition filed by an individual seeking to overturn the order of the Belagavi Family Court.
The petitioner, citing his unemployment as the reason for inability to pay maintenance, appealed to set aside the family court's order. However, the High Court, led by Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum, rejected this argument, asserting that the husband remains obligated to support his former spouse and minor child even after separation.
Acknowledging the economic challenges posed by inflation, the court upheld the family court's decision to grant interim relief, ordering the husband to pay Rs 7,000 for the wife and Rs 3,000 for the minor child per month, considering the cost of living in Belagavi city.
Despite the petitioner's loss of employment at the time of divorce, the court took into account the petitioner's family assets, including a commercial complex.
Consequently, the High Court dismissed the appeal, affirming the reasonableness of the maintenance order issued by the family court.
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Karnataka to witness heavy rain for next 10 days
Bengaluru: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the southwest monsoon will cause heavy rainfall likely this weekend and will drench Karnataka over the next 10 days.
The monsoon has begun retreating from northwestern India. Conditions remain active over the south, with an upper air trough extending up to 1.5 km over North Interior Karnataka and northern Tamil Nadu, combined with weakening monsoon winds across the peninsula, is driving the current spell. N. Puviarasan, head of the IMD’s meteorological centre in Bengaluru, said in a conversation with Deccan Herald, “As a result, the whole of Karnataka will see rain over the next week to 10 days."
With a cyclone in the Pacific Ocean along with a low-pressure system over the north Bay of Bengal, the monsoon is expected to intensify during the next four days. IMD has predicted heavy rains across South Interior Karnataka, including Bengaluru, throughout the weekend.
Bengaluru, recorded widespread moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday. Between 8.30 am and 8.30 pm, Bengaluru city logged 45.9 mm of rain accompanied by thunderstorms. HAL airport registered 6 mm and the Bengaluru Urban automatic station recorded 47.5 mm. Doddathoguru, near Electronics City, reported 55 mm.
According to IMD forecast heavy rainfall will occur at isolated places in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Yadgir, Koppal, Raichur, Ramanagara and Mandya districts in the next few days.
The southwest monsoon is now expected to extend until mid-October and with little or no break in between, the northeast monsoon is likely to follow immediately. These are expected to last until December. “There may be no break in between,” Puviarasan said.
