Tanvi Pilane
Published on: March 11, 2022 at 11:33 IST
A Husband was held Guilty of Contempt of Court by the Delhi High Court recently for the Non-Payment of Maintenance to his Wife and Non-Compliance with the Family Court’s order.
It was observed by Justice Najmi Waziri of the Delhi High Court that the Husband had also not replied to the Contempt Notice received by him.
The Wife, the Petitioner in the present case was represented by Advocate Akash Nagar.
The Court noted on 7th February 2022 that in regards to the direction for the payment of maintenance of Rs. 12,000 per month given by the court to be paid from 02.08.2018, the husband was in arrears of Rs. 4,14,000. The order was given by the learned Family Court on 16.05.2020.
The Respondent submitted before the Court that an amount of Rs. 1,00,000 had been paid to the Petitioner. However, the Court observed that the Husband was in arrears of the aforementioned amount as well. Hence, the Court was of the opinion that the respondent had committed the offense of contempt of court.
In the light of this, a Notice was issued by the High Court to the Respondent to show why Contempt proceedings under Section 2(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 should not be initiated against him.
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