'Argentina awarded penalty unfairly': Soccer fans demand replay of FIFA World Cup final
Around two lakh fans have handed a petition to FIFA demanding a replay of the 2022 World Cup final, where Argentina won 4-2 on penalties against France.
A MesOpinions user has said that he believes there was an unfair award of Argentina's penalty, adding that French star Kylian Mbappe was also fouled in the lead-up to Di Maria’s goal, reports The Indian Express.
The replay petition written to FIFA reads: “The arbitration was totally sold, there was never a penalty + fault on MBAPPE on the 2nd goal!!!”
Argentina opened the scoring with Lionel Messi's penalty in the 22nd minute in the final on Sunday. The lead was doubled by Angel Di Maria before halftime.
The second half, however, witnessed a twist, as Mbappe struck two back-to-back goals with a gap of a minute, in the 80th and 81st minutes, France thus equaling Argentina.
With the game extending to extra time, the drama continued. Although Messi's goal at the 108th minute gave Argentina the lead again, Mbappe took barely 10 minutes to ensure France again equalled Argentina with a hat trick in the World Cup final.
Messi won the first World Cup of his illustrious career, while it was the third World Cup for Argentina.
Mbappe has won the golden boot, having scored eight goals in the tournament.
Emiliano Martinez, who played a key role in Argentina's win in the penalties in the final and also in the win against Netherlands in the quarterfinal, won the golden glove.
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Allahabad HC sets aside maintenance order in favour of earning wife, says she didn't tell truth
Prayagraj (PTI): The Allahabad High Court has set aside a lower court order mandating a man to pay maintenance to his estranged wife, observing that she earns her living and did not reveal the true salary in her affidavit.
Justice Madan Pal Singh also allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the man, Ankit Saha.
"A perusal of the impugned judgment indicates that in the affidavit filed before the trial court, the opposite party herself admitted that she is a post-graduate and a web designer by qualification. She is working as a senior sales coordinator in a company and getting a salary of Rs 34,000 per month," the court said in the December 3 order.
"But in her cross-examination, she has admitted that she was earning Rs 36,000 per month. Such an amount for a wife who has no other liability cannot be said to be meagre; whereas the man has the responsibility of maintaining his aged parents and other social obligations," it observed.
The high court observed that the woman was not entitled to get any maintenance from her husband "as she is an earning lady and able to maintain herself".
The man's counsel argued in court that the estranged wife did not reveal the whole truth in the affidavit.
"She claimed herself to be an illiterate and unemployed woman. When the document filed by the man was shown to her before the trial court, she admitted her income during cross-examination. Thus, it is clear that she did not come before the trial court with clean hands," the counsel submitted.
The court, in its order, said, "Cases of those litigants who have no regard for the truth and those who indulge in suppressing material facts need to be thrown out of the court."
It impugned the lower court's February 17 judgment and order, passed by the principal judge of a family court in Gautam Buddh Nagar and allowed the criminal revision petition filed by the man.
