A woman in Indore was ordered by the family court to pay Rs 5,000 per month as alimony to her estranged husband.
In her complain the woman had alleged that she was harassed physically and mentally over dowry by her husband.
She also filed a petition in the family court demanding spousal support.To this,her husband Aman complaint that it was her who harassed him after their wedding and demanded alimony.
He alleged that he was unemployed because he had to leave his studies due to his wife.
The court heard both sides and ordered the woman to pay Rs 5,000 per month to her husband.
The court found inconsistencies in statement of the wife as she first told the police that she runs a beauty parlour. However, she submitted to the court that she was unemployed, and it was her husband who earned.
The family court due to lack of concrete evidence, ordered the woman to pay the monthly amount to her estranged husband.
As per the lawyer of the man,this was the first case in Madhya Pradesh where a wife has been ordered to pay maintenance to the husband.
He added that in previous cases related to physical and mental abuse, the wife is usually awarded maintenance.
Aman was a resident of Ujjain and met the woman in 2020 where they fell in love and. After a few months, she asked him to marry her.
Aman however refused her proposal, saying he was only in the 12th grade and would marry after he completed his education.
The story took a turn as the woman started blackmailing Aman saying she would die by suicide, and they got married at an Arya Samaj temple in July 2021.
Soon after the wedding the couple started living in a rented house in Indore. Aman alleged that after a month of the wedding, the woman started to harass him both physically and mentally.
He decided to leave her and went back to his parents’ home within two months of their wedding.
The woman then filed a missing person complaint at the police station and initiated a case in the family court against Aman for alleged harassment over dowry. She also demanded maintenance from him.
A polce complaint was made by against his wife and a petition in the family court demanding maintenance. He told the court that he would be unable to pay the alimony as he was unemployed.
The court decided in his favour and asked the woman to pay him Rs 5,000 per month