Shimla man misleadingly claims clerk role to avoid maintenance payments
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The Himachal Pradesh High Court rejected a man's plea to reduce his monthly maintenance payment to his wife, ruling that he misled the court about his financial status.
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- A man attempted to challenge a 10,000 rupee monthly maintenance order by claiming he worked as a low-paid clerk for his father.
- The Himachal Pradesh High Court found that the man belongs to a wealthy family and his business turns over crores of rupees annually.
- The court dismissed the man's petition while upholding the maintenance order issued by the Mandi Family Court.
- Judges noted that the wife's small income as a teacher does not exempt the husband from his legal and moral obligations to provide for her.
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NamedIndia · Ajay Mohan Goel · Himachal Pradesh High Court · Mandi Family Court · Yogesh Jaswal
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