Can’t ‘dilute’ duty to ex-wife: Jharkhand High Court grants Rs 20 lakh permanent alimony

The couple got married in 2003, but the marriage was dissolved in 2016 by a family court. The husband allegedly remarried in 2018, the court found.Observing that a husband’s duty to maintain his wife cannot be diluted just because she lives with her parents or they have the means to support her, the Jharkhand High Court has directed a man to pay Rs 20 lakh as permanent alimony to his estranged wife.