My mother in law (mil) has filed a case of maintenance under crpc 125 against her son (my husband). Background is such that after marriage MIL started creating problems and picked up fights with me for petty reasons. I and my husband confronted her and tried to resolve but to no use the fights continued to such an extent that MIL said, you give me 7k and I and FIL will go to our native and stay (owned housed). I and my husband were not agreeing as we were not in a position to financially handle to separate homes as we were staying on rent. We tried convincing them to stay together but MIL was adamant – she said give us monthly allowance then I don’t want to see your faces. Even after going back to native – fights continued over money as she started lying to us on expenditure and in way asking for more money. We continued giving them money as per our affordability. But she did not agree and filed a case against my husband asking for 15K pm. The case went through many mediations but did not come to any conclusion. In between we were not present for hearing for one day – On that day giving false information on husband’s salary – she got the order of 10K maintenance passed. Now she is demanding 10K. She has also passed an order for arrears which has gone to 2,20,000. And also passed an arrest warrant for non-payment of arrears. We are not all in a position to give her 10K as I am not working and my husband is the sole earner. Our 1/3 salary goes on rent. Since the start after separation we have been paying her 5000, 3500, 4000, 2000 as per our affordability every month. We haven’t missed a single month though the amount could be 2000 but we have regularly paid even when the case is still on.
Her requirement is too high compared to our affordability and she is not ready to compromise on one paisa. Whatever she has written in the notice regarding my husband’s salary and that we own a 1 cr house is all false.
Please help us. How can we reduce the maintenance amount? We have already given stay and revision application to district court but nothing has happened over it.
