One of the Headlines in the paper today reads as follows
HC: base maintenance on family income
It says that the Bombay HC has said that the joint family finances of a man can be considered while determining the quantum of maintenance to be paid to his estranged wife. It gave it's order in a case involving a 31 year old Pune businessman. The HC has hiked the maintenace by 8 folds!!!!! Sounds like justice is finally coming to women, isn't it and many men will jump and say how judges favour women and the legal system favours women, how the system is biased towards them etc etc Isn't it? WHAT A JOKE. Read on......
The maintenance was hiked from Rs. 2,500/- to Rs 20,000/- for the estranged wife and their minor daughter and do you want to know what the the income of the family is? Rs. 3 CRORES. This is absolute mockery of it's own word. In the same breath the HC says 'base maintenance on family income' and within seconds gives a contradictory judgement by giving a pitance of Rs. 20,000/- . What a joke.