NEW DELHI: Divorcing your wife may soon cost you more. Advocating big changes in maintenance law for women after divorce, including an alimony hike, the National Commission for Women (NCW) will move Supreme Court for a review of Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Amongst the provisions that the commission wants reviewed is an increase in the amount of interim maintenance.
NCW contends the present amount is paltry for a woman to meet her and children's expenses. It has suggested the amount should not be less than 30% of the husband's monthly income.
The commission also wants the provision that deprives a wife from claiming maintenance if she is living in adultery to be deleted. "This provision is mostly misused and adultery cases framed against a woman to deny her basic expenses," NCW chairperson Girija Vyas said.
The commission has recommended that the section that stops a woman from recovering the maintenance amount on the expiry of one year should also be removed. According to NCW, 60-80% women do not receive maintenance despite court orders.
"The law is misused and very often women are not given even the paltry amount they are entitled to," Vyas said. Another problem women face is that maintenance is paid for sometime and then stopped
RE:.Wives accused of adultery must get alimony: NCW
by Alpha Male on Mar 09, 2008 12:36 AM Permalink
The commission also wants the provision that deprives a wife from claiming maintenance if she is living in adultery to be deleted.
well that doesn't seem very fair... if the wife commits adultry, i don't see why she should be entitled to take her husband's money... if it's her decision to break the marriage contract in that way, she should be able to accept the consequences of her act. i don't think it will help anyone to pay women for committing adultry!
