BHUBANESWAR: A well-qualified husband who quits his job to remain idle and unemployed to deprive his wife of maintenance "cannot be appreciated in a civilised society", the Orissa high court has said while deciding a maintenance dispute.
A single judge bench made the remark while rejecting a petition by a man who challenged a Rourkela court's decision ordering him to pay ₹15,000 maintenance to his estranged wife, a school teacher. The man claimed he was unemployed since March 1, 2023.
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