{"id":35979,"date":"2014-11-26T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T11:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35979"},"modified":"2014-11-26T17:00:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T11:30:51","slug":"consider-proof-income-awarding-maintenance-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/consider-proof-income-awarding-maintenance-court","title":{"rendered":"Consider proof of income while awarding maintenance: Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sessions <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">court <\/span>here has asked a trial court to reconsider its order in a maintenance case, noting that the man was asked to make the payment to his estranged wife and their child without his proof of income being considered. <br id=\"ms__id1157\" \/><br id=\"ms__id1158\" \/> Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Gautam Manan passed the order in a criminal appeal filed by Naval Kishore against the verdict of a trial court, by which he was directed to pay maintenance of Rs 2,500 per month to his estranged wife Rekha and Rs 1000 per month to their child. <br id=\"ms__id1159\" \/><br id=\"ms__id1160\" \/> &#8220;I find that trial court has passed the orders awarding maintenance without considering the proof of income of the appellant and his financial assets, if any. <br id=\"ms__id1161\" \/><br id=\"ms__id1162\" \/> &#8220;The trial court is directed to decide the quantum of maintenance after taking the affidavit of appellant&#8217;s income and after giving due consideration to the rival contentions of the parties in respect of their earnings,&#8221; the judge said. <br id=\"ms__id1163\" \/><br id=\"ms__id1164\" \/> In his appeal, Kishore had claimed that the trial court had not taken detailed income affidavit and relevant documents filed by him on record. <br id=\"ms__id1165\" \/><br id=\"ms__id1166\" \/> He said that his total income was less than Rs 3500 per month and it was impossible for him to pay the amount of maintenance to Rekha and child. <br id=\"ms__id1167\" \/><br id=\"ms__id1168\" \/> Kishore had also told the court that Rekha had filed the application for maintenance in 2013, after about seven years of separation from him, hence it was time barred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sessions court here has asked a trial court to reconsider its order in a maintenance case, noting that the man was asked to make the payment to his estranged wife and their child without his proof of income being considered. 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