Man Sent To Jail For Not Paying Rs 2.60 Crore Arrears To Estranged Wife
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The top court said the husband has already been given a long rope and he has not utilised the chances given to him to pay the maintenance to his estranged wife.
The Supreme Court has sentenced a man to three months' imprisonment for contempt of court after he did not pay an outstanding of Rs 2.60 crore along with Rs 1.75 lakh monthly maintenance to his estranged wife. The top court said the husband has already been given a long rope and he has not utilised the chances given to him to pay the maintenance to his estranged wife. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said in a recent order, "We have already given (the respondent) a long rope. The respondent (husband) has not utilised the chances so given. Therefore, we punish the contemnor/respondent for committing contempt of this court and sentence him to imprisonment for a period of three months in civil prison." The top court noted that the husband has not complied with its order of February 19, giving him a last opportunity to pay the entire outstanding maintenance amount along with the monthly sum fixed earlier by the court.More Related News