{"id":339318,"date":"2025-01-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=339318"},"modified":"2025-01-23T09:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T04:02:21","slug":"if-husband-doubts-wife-character-without-proof-she-has-enough-reason-to-live-separately-orissa-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/01\/18\/if-husband-doubts-wife-character-without-proof-she-has-enough-reason-to-live-separately-orissa-hc\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Chastity of woman is priceless possession, if husband doubts wife\u2019s character without proof, she has enough reason to live separately\u2019; Orissa HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Orissa High Court:<\/span> In a revision petition challenging the Family Court&#8217;s decision directing the revisionist-husband to pay Rs. 3000\/- per month as maintenance to the wife, the Single-Judge Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">G. Satapathy*<\/span>, J. dismissed the petition and upheld the Family Court&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Further, the Court observed that when the husband doubts the character of his wife without any proof, she has enough reason to live separately from him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Soon after their marriage, the wife started living at her parents&#8217; house. Accordingly, the wife filed an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519355\" target=\"_blank\">125<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973<\/a> (&#8216;CrPC&#8217;). The Family Court allowing the application, directed for payment of maintenance as stated above. The husband&#8217;s case was that the wife refused to live with him without any sufficient cause and thereby, she was not entitled to maintenance and that without proof of income, the Family Court granted a higher amount of maintenance to the wife.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court noted that the husband contended that the wife&#8217;s character was questionable, and said that such contention itself was a ground for the wife to live separately from her husband. Further, the Court noted that the wife was cross-examined by suggesting that she has an extra-marital relationship. The Court said that when her husband raised doubt about her character, she was justified in refusing to live with her husband.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Bench stated that <span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">it is quite natural for a wife to refuse to live with her husband who doubted her chastity, inasmuch as the chastity of a woman is not only dearest to her, but also is a priceless possession in her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Thus, the Court observed that when the husband doubts the character of his wife without any proof, she has enough reason to live separately from him. In the matter at hand, the Court said that without producing any proof of the infidelity of his wife, the husband simply character assassinated his wife which itself is a ground for the wife to refuse to live with him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Further, regarding the excess amount of maintenance directed by the Family Court, the Court said that the wife is entitled to be maintained commensurate to the standard of living of her husband. The Court noted that the husband worked as a skilled labourer with a monthly income of Rs.9,000\/- per month. The Court said that if the monthly income of the husband is Rs.9,000\/- per month, he could part with Rs.3,000\/- from such income for the maintenance of his wife who is unable to maintain herself and, therefore, the Family Court had not committed any illegality to grant monthly maintenance of Rs.3,000\/-.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Indrajit Mohanta v. Mamuni Mohanta, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/f5WYSVIR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 SCC OnLine Ori 69<\/a>, decided on: 09-01-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Petitioner:<\/span> S.P. Dash, Advocate<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For Respondent:<\/span> B.K. Mishra, Advocate<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1031\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1031\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Code of Criminal Procedure\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">In the matter at hand, the Family Court ordered for payment of Rs. 3,000\/- maintenance. 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