It will be a backbreaking situation for an NRI doctor, who failed to turn up in court for a divorce proceeding filed by his wife. His wife, also a doctor, has revised her claim for alimony from the initial Rs 50 lakh to Rs 2 crore. On Wednesday, her advocate filed the revised figure before a family court in Bangalore. This is one of the highest amounts claimed as alimony in court.
The couple had married in May 2010. It was a second marriage for them both. He was working in the US and she went to live with him there after marriage.
She came back in December 2010. she filed a complaint with the Vanita Sahayavani (women’s helpline) in 2011. In January 2012, the couple reached a compromise and he agreed to pay her Rs 11 lakh as permanent alimony. However, their uneasy relationship did not end there. She filed for divorce and a case of dowry harassment against him in January 2013, demanding Rs 50 lakh as alimony.
All this while, he continued to live in the US. When the family court issued him notices, the husband did not attend but instead filed his reply through mail. The court granted divorce to her and asked him to pay Rs 25 lakh in alimony.
With all the twist and turns, the case is now in the family court all over again. But on Wednesday, the husband was in render speechless as the wife’s advocate filed an interlocutory application demanding Rs 2 crore. The case was adjourned for further hearing by the IV Additional Family Court.