Upholding a lower court’s order to the wife to pay maintenance to her husband under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Delhi High Court on March 30 ordered to an economically well-off woman to pay Rs 20,000 as monthly maintenance to her 55-year-old husband. Justice G S Sistani also told the woman to part with one of her four cars for the use by her husband.
The High Court came to the aid of the east Delhi resident, dismissing his wife’s appeal against Karkardooma district court’s order for sustenance allowance to the man.
Justice Sistani insisted on the woman, to pay a “respectable” maintenance to her husband, relying upon her Income Tax returns for several years showing that her annual income touched over Rs one crore from the lucrative business of running a hotel cum paying guest for students in Greater Noida.