Court orders 70-yr-old man to pay interim maintenance to wife

A local court has directed a retired school teacher to pay Rs 5,000 per month as interim maintenance to his 68-year-old estranged wife, who is living at her brother's house since last one year.

A local court has directed a retired school teacher to pay Rs 5,000 per month as interim maintenance to his 68-year-old estranged wife, who is living at her brother's house since last one year.

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Hearing the maintenance suit filed by the woman, additional chief judicial magistrate Rashmi Nanda on Thursday asked the 70-year-old retired school teacher to pay Rs 5,000 every month to his wife.

The woman had filed a maintenance suit in September last year, alleging negligence on the part of her husband, who is a pensioner and owns 21 bigha agricultural land.

The couple, married for 48 years, have three sons and a daughter.