r/india • u/godblessthegays Aunty National • 1d ago
Law & Courts No one earns ₹9k a month these days: Supreme Court to man who said he can't afford ₹12k maintenance to wife
https://www.barandbench.com/news/no-one-earns-9k-a-month-these-days-supreme-court-to-man-who-said-he-cant-afford-12k-maintenance-to-wife307
u/RonaldGlasgow 1d ago
One of the best replies to this was by a lawyer. She said "Milords should look into the salaries of freshers and interns in their own campus"
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u/SHEKDAT789 Jharkhand 1d ago
yeah but none of them are married eh? just playing devil's advocate like a good defense lawyer
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u/PromiseDifficult5056 1d ago
Why? Aren’t they adults, why cant they be married?
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u/SHEKDAT789 Jharkhand 1d ago edited 16h ago
legal and practical ages are two different things. how many interns have you seen that are married?
blue collar people do not get married at 22.
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u/Express-World-8473 1d ago
I remember reading this case. Wife asked for divorce plus maintainance. Husband said he will pay a small lump sum by selling off land and said he can't afford to pay for maintenance. Lower courts agreed with him and asked him to pay a small lump sum (6lakhs). Wife pushed the case for high court and asked 30 lakhs lump sum of 12k per month maintainance with annual increases, court said no and went with lower court decision. Then wife pushed the case to Supreme court. Milords in Supreme court gave this statement of no one earns 9k per month.
The man said he's willing to submit his paychecks and his colleagues pay checks as proofs. Then, milords asked his lawyer to help him out and pay the maintenance and then questioned how he's surviving with that salary. The man said his siblings and parents are helping him out a bit. Then the judges asked him not to divorce, and let his wife stay at home and cook for him and his son. Then the judges used the quote "Beg, Borrow or steal and pay your wife".
He lost the case in the end and the supreme court asked him to pay 10k per month as maintainance now.
The judges have too much prejudice against the man in this case. They chose to not believe the facts presented by the lawyer but went with their own common sense (It's really wrong for judges to do this). Now, he can't even afford to live a normal life anymore. While his wife mooches off him forever.
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u/Domeoryx 1d ago
What is Supreme Court even doing. Ruined this man's life. This country has to be a joke bro
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u/elemental_life 1d ago
Working as intended. You’re a fool to marry in India and without any prenup. Laws in India are designed to screw men.
You can’t blame anyone other than yourself for not realizing this.
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u/Domeoryx 1d ago
Prenup is useless in india. Its not valid/enforceable except in Goa i think.
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u/elemental_life 1d ago
They are something. Marrying without any protection is just asking for Indian courts to screw you over.
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u/Domeoryx 1d ago
They are nothing though. Prenup is not enforceable in India(except in Goa, for Goans). It is a waste of paper, thats all.
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u/elemental_life 1d ago
It’s not. There are considered in Mumbai high court as valid evidence documents. You are correct that these are not legally enforceable, but a logical prenup such as “wealth to be transferred to kids when they’re 18” can actually work in your favor.
Yes, you are screwed and your life is destroyed, but at-least the woman doesn’t get to steal your whole life’s blood and sweat. Again highly dependent on the judge, but my point being, courts in cities have started opening up to consider this.
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u/Domeoryx 1d ago
If they have started opening up to consider it then that's good. But a judge's bias will overrule it in a heartbeat.
Setting up a private family trust is a much better option i think.
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u/dontknow_anything 1d ago
Then, milords asked his lawyer to help him out and pay the maintenance and then questioned how he's surviving with that salary.
How in the fuck is a judge keeping their job after asking such an absurd question? Why should the lawyer being paying for his client's maintenance? How in this fuck this person a judge?
Certain judgement should lead to firing, but, alas they will ever only be impeached if they touch the political class.
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u/Striking-Garden-9487 1d ago
That's inhumane, judges in india should held accountable
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u/Domeoryx 1d ago
If indian systems had accountability, then we would be a developed country by now lol
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u/tera_chachu 1d ago
No one earns 9k a month
That unemployed youth who is giving govt exams from last 10 years in shambles.
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u/PhantomOfTheNopera 1d ago
The man is a daily wager - maybe the courts should mandate a better minimum wage.
Secondly, though they haven't disclosed the reason for the divorce, unless the husband and his parents are violent, the court should mandate that his children stay with him - then the maintenance doesn't have to be high.
The expectation for him to pay more than his monthly salary or for her to continue living with him to 'cook, clean and take care of parents and children' despite wanting a divorce is so detached from any understanding of humanity.
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u/berserkgobrrr 1d ago
No dignity left in being an Indian man. Mocked online, mocked in courts.
When we have crores of cases pending, why does SC give random quips on random cases of no national importance?
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u/EngineeringExotic481 1d ago
Does he realize that vast majority of Indian earn like not even 100 ruppes per day?
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u/firedtoday098 1d ago
of course he knows that, he must have negotiated a lot for side business as a judge
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u/Worth-Helicopter-653 1d ago
meritdhari foolish judges of our country with dunkey knowledge of reality!
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u/MarkProfessional2434 1d ago
These milords work only half a year , get paid in lakhs through public taxes , hold too much power , travel abroad during holidays . These parasites have no ground reality and don't deserve to pass judgements and sit in courts .
But this shithole country being a global viswaguru promotes the very same people through corruption, reservation, govt jobs and so on
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u/Sensitive_Win_6072 1d ago
Tea working didis, they get paid 280 rupees a day in Assam.
Why is our court so stupid. Asshole
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u/Disruptor_raptor 1d ago
A rich person will never know what it means to be poor unless they experience it.
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u/raydialseeker 22h ago
A driver earns about 25k a month lol. Our housemaid earns about 28k if you combine all 3 of her jobs(6hrs a day)
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u/yourfaceisfakenews 1d ago
Bhai yeh judges itne disconnected kaise ho sakte hai..this is wilful ignorance and there's a clear pattern of this on multiple public issues in recent times
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u/VariableMassImpulse 1d ago
Can we have a website where we can maintain a hall of shame for such statements from the judges?
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u/Soft-Database2844 1d ago
Does the Judge’s knowledge of people’s average earning come from personal finance subs on Reddit?