Man to bear wife’s travelling costs for court hearings: HC
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad:05.09.2021
The Gujarat high court has ordered a man to pay Rs 1,500 travelling and food allowance to his wife for each court hearing that she has to attend in a suit for dissolution of marriage filed by the man.
The petition for transfer of case was filed by the wife, who lives in Porbandar with her daughter.
She shifted to Porbandar from Una town in Gir Somnath district after a matrimonial dispute. In 2019, her husband approached the court in Una and filed a suit for dissolution of marriage.
The woman has to travel 200km from Porbandar to Una to attend court proceedings.
In January 2020, she moved the high court and requested for shifting of the suit proceedings to a court in Porbandar so that she does not have to face the hardships of travelling long distances with her minor daughter. The husband got apprehensive that if the case gets transferred, he would be at the receiving end and the hardship of travelling would fall on him.
The husband opposed the transfer of the case to Porbandar court and made a proposal that he would bear the travelling cost for his wife and daughter, when they have to come to Una for the hearings.
The court accepted this proposal and ordered him to pay Rs 1,500 to his wife towards the cost of their travelling and food for the wife and daughter for every hearing that she attends. The HC did not accept the woman’s request for transfer of the case.
The HC also requested the court in Una to see that the case is heard and completed as expeditiously as possible.
It also set a deadline of March 31, 2022 for the lower court to complete the case.
The petition for transfer of case was filed by the wife, who lives in Porbandar and has to travel 200km to attend court proceedings
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