{"id":35418,"date":"2014-10-04T20:49:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T15:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35418"},"modified":"2014-10-04T20:49:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T15:19:24","slug":"self-employed-dont-disclose-actual-income-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/self-employed-dont-disclose-actual-income-court","title":{"rendered":"Self-employed don&#8217;t disclose actual income: Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Self-employed.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35420\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/self-employed-dont-disclose-actual-income-court\/self-employed\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Self-employed.png?fit=191%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"191,177\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Self-employed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Self-employed.png?fit=150%2C139&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Self-employed.png?fit=191%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-35420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Self-employed.png?resize=191%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Self-employed\" width=\"191\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Self-employed.png?w=191&amp;ssl=1 191w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/10\/Self-employed.png?resize=150%2C139&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a>Self-employed people did not disclose their income truthfully, a court here has said while ordering a man to pay his estranged wife Rs.7,500 per month for the maintenance of his disabled child.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Magistrate Vandana directed the man to pay Rs.7,500 for the maintenance of his son, observing that child&#8217;s chronological age is approximately 17 years but his social age is 9- 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I find it appropriate to mention here that it is usual tendency of the parties that they do not disclose their income truthfully especially where the parties are self-employed or employed in the unorganized sector,&#8221; the magistrate said in the order delivered last week but released Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The court&#8217;s ruling came while hearing the woman&#8217;s plea seeking interim maintenance from her estranged husband, saying that her savings have finished while taking care of her son and now she wants money to maintain herself and child.<\/p>\n<p>However, the court has refused the woman&#8217;s plea seeking maintenance for herself, saying she is well-qualified and capable of maintaining herself and can find a suitable job.<\/p>\n<p>The court observed that woman is a graduate from Delhi University and done certificate course from NIIT and IBM.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sitting idle of a person who is educated enough to maintain herself\/himself without any reasonable cause cannot be considered a reason for demanding maintenance,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A person who is capable of work, must work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The court said: &#8220;The educational status and the standard of living of the complainant (wife) seems to be far better than the respondent (husband).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner was married to man in November 1995 and they had a child in October 1996.<\/p>\n<p>The woman told court that due to dispute between them, she left the matrimonial house in December 2012 and shifted to Faridabad with their son.<\/p>\n<p>The woman told court that earlier she was financially supporting her husband and given Rs. 4 lakh to him as a capital to start his business. But in 2010, she lost her job.<\/p>\n<p>After that, she started demanding money from her husband for household expenses and treatment of his minor child. Her husband refused her demand on the pretext of not earning well.<\/p>\n<p>However, she claimed that her husband has flourishing business and earning Rs.3 lakh per month and requested court to grant Rs.1.25 lakh as monthly maintenance for her and the child.<\/p>\n<p>However, the man countered his wife&#8217;s submission.<\/p>\n<p>The court then estimated that the man must be earning an amount of Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 22,000 per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-employed people did not disclose their income truthfully, a court here has said while ordering a man to pay his estranged wife Rs.7,500 per month for the maintenance of his disabled child. 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