Delhi HC enhances maintenance awarded to former J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s wife
The Hindu
Delhi HC orders Omar Abdullah to pay ₹1.5L/month to estranged wife, ₹60K/month to sons. Judge noted his financial privilege & lavish lifestyle, wife's limited resources. Maintenance amount enhanced to ensure decent standard of living commensurate with his income.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to pay ₹1.5 lakh per month as to his estranged wife, Payal Abdullah, as maintenance.
Justice Subramonium Prasad also directed Mr. Abdullah to pay a sum of ₹60,000 per month each to his two sons both of whom are pursuing their graduation degree in law.
“The period of compensation shall commence from the date when the children were enrolled in the law college, and shall subsist till their graduation from the law college,” the judge said.
The high court order came on an appeal filed by Ms Payal Abdullah challenging an order of April 26, 2018 of a trial court here grantung interim maintenance of ₹75,000 per month to her and ₹25,000 to one of their sons till he turns 18.
Payal Abdullah stated that Mr. Abdullah has abandoned her since 2013 and filed for dissolution of marriage on the grounds of desertion and cruelty. The Family Court here on August 30, 2016 dismissed the plea.
An appeal against the same filed by Mr. Abdullah before the high court is pending adjudication.
On Thursday, Justice Prasad said, “In the instant case, a bare perusal of the record indicates that the Respondent is a man of means, and has access to financial privilege that evades the common man”.
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