Summary:
After the hearing, the court reduced the maintenance amount from Rs 6,500 to Rs 2,000 per month. The man had appealed against a lower court's verdict stating that against his take-home pay of Rs 6,542 he had been ordered to pay Rs 6,500 to his wife as maintenance. The court among other things also considered the fact that when queried whether his take-home pay was still Rs 6,542, he honestly replied that at present it was Rs 8,000 per month. The court also relied on the medical papers produced by the man to show that his parents who lived with him both suffered from medical conditions. Reducing the maintenance to be paid to the wife, the court observed that the amount fixed by the lower court was exorbitant in this case..