Suppresion of her income by wife from court,adverse inference is permissible against wife
Coming to the bank accounts, it will be noticed that she withdrew more than Rs. 80,000.00 soon after the filing of the application under Section 24 of the Act. She also closed her locker. She nowhere disclosed the cto her credit in bank at Dhulia. Once the husband establishes that thewife had such numerous amounts in her account in various banks, it was theduty of the wife to explain wherefrom these amounts got accumulated. It appears to me that because of her pleas have been found to be false by the learned trial court as well as by me, a presumption ought to have been drawn against the respondent that she had sufficient independent income for his or her support and the necessary expenses required for legal proceedings pending in the Court.
Delhi High Court
Suresh Kumar vs Kamaljit Kaur on 14 December, 1984
Equivalent citations: 1985 (9) DRJ 68
