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Time of India
16 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
‘Not in line with rationalisation': Interim stay on transfer of one govt school teacher by HC
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh High Court granted an interim stay on the transfer order of a govt primary school teacher. The court directed the authorities to decide on the teacher's representation within seven days. This comes at a time when protests against the state govt's rationalisation policy are ongoing and several teachers have also moved HC against rationalisation orders, There will be a separate hearing for the other petitions. The petition was filed against the transfer order dated 2 June 2025, which moved the petitioner from Government Abhyas Primary School, Mahasamund, to Government Primary School, Fooljhar, in Bagbahara block. The petitioner's counsel argued that the transfer order was not in line with the rationalisation transfer policy and should therefore be set aside. The counsel also stated that the petitioner filed a representation with the competent authority, which was not yet considered. The court was urged to direct the authority to decide the representation within a specific timeframe. State counsel informed the court that the petitioner's representation would be considered and decided in accordance with the law within seven days. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Unglaublich: Der Rechner zeigt sofort den Wert Ihres Hauses an [schauen Sie sich das an] Hauswert Undo After hearing both sides, Justice Arvind Kumar Verma directed the competent authority to decide the petitioner's representation by 10 June 2025, if it was not already decided. Until then, the transfer order of 2 June 2025 will remain in abeyance. The writ petition was disposed of with this observation and direction to the authorities. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Eid wishes , messages , and quotes !
News18
28-05-2025
- News18
Divorced Wife Living In Adultery Not Entitled To Maintenance: Chhattisgarh High Court
Last Updated: The HC quashed the Rs 4,000 monthly maintenance awarded to a woman by a family court, stating she was disqualified under law The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a woman who has been granted a divorce on the proven ground of adultery is not entitled to maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The court quashed the Rs 4,000 monthly maintenance awarded to the wife by the family court, stating she was disqualified under law. The bench of Justice Arvind Kumar Verma delivered the judgment while hearing two revision petitions—one filed by the husband challenging the maintenance order and the other by the wife seeking an enhancement of it. The couple had married in July 2019, but the relationship soon turned acrimonious. The wife alleged mental torture and neglect by the husband and his family, claiming she was forced to leave the matrimonial home in March 2021. She moved the family court in Raipur seeking Rs 20,000 in monthly maintenance, citing the husband's multiple income sources, including a government job and rental earnings. The husband, however, contended that the wife was involved in an adulterous relationship with his younger brother, leading him to file for divorce—a claim the family court accepted, granting divorce on grounds of adultery in September 2023. Despite this, the family court awarded the wife Rs 4,000 in maintenance, a decision the high court found flawed. Referring to Section 125(4) CrPC, which bars maintenance to a wife living in adultery, Justice Verma held that the divorce decree served as conclusive proof of the wife's disqualification. 'Suppose a decree for divorce is granted on the ground of her living in adultery, can it be said that the said disqualification of which she was suffering from all along, during the subsistence of the marriage, will cease to exist, because of the decree for divorce? The prudent answer to this question shall be an emphatic 'No," he held. The court stressed that the decree obtained by the husband for divorce on proving the adulterous life of the wife cannot give a licence to her to continue to live in an illicit relationship and to get her right to claim maintenance revived. Further, rejecting the wife's argument that she was no longer living in adultery at the time of seeking maintenance, the high court clarified that the phrase 'living in adultery" under Section 125(4) should be interpreted in the context of proven sustained conduct during the subsistence of the marriage. The court cited various precedents, including rulings from the Supreme Court and other high courts, emphasising that occasional lapses do not amount to 'living in adultery", but a decree based on consistent adulterous conduct cannot be brushed aside. 'A divorced wife, who lives in adultery, viz., living in an illicit relationship with a man other than her former husband is disqualified from claiming maintenance, under Section 125 of the Code," the court held. With this, the high court allowed the husband's plea and dismissed the wife's application for enhanced maintenance. The family court's order was set aside, with directions to comply promptly. First Published: May 28, 2025, 15:52 IST
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Process to check VVPATs, EVMs begins in Madhubani
Madhubani: The first-level check (FLC) of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) systems began here on Friday and will continue till June 12 in preparation for the upcoming assembly elections. The inspection was conducted in the presence of district election officer-cum-district magistrate Arvind Kumar Verma, EVM nodal officer V Sridhar (appointed by the Election Commission of India) and representatives of recognised political parties. The FLC process is being carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the ECI. A team of 18 engineers from the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad, has been deployed for the task at the FLC hall, located on the ground floor of the VVPAT warehouse. The inspection is being conducted daily, including on holidays, from 9am to 7pm. The ECIL engineers are responsible for thoroughly testing the functionality of EVMs and VVPATs. This includes checking the control units, ballot units, switches, door flaps, acrylic screens, seals and the overall responsiveness and efficiency of the equipment. Additional security arrangements, such as door metal detectors, CCTV surveillance, webcasting, internet connectivity and fire extinguishers, were reviewed by the district election officer and the nodal officer. The DM issued necessary directives to ensure a secure and uninterrupted inspection process.
The Hindu
19-05-2025
- The Hindu
No maintenance if divorce granted on the ground of adultery, says Chhattisgarh HC
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that a divorced wife living in an illicit relationship with a man other than her former husband was disqualified from claiming maintenance. The court, in a recent judgment, was hearing two criminal revision petitions filed by a computer operator from Raipur and his now divorced wife in which they had both challenged a 2024 family court order that had directed the male applicant to pay ₹4,000 per month as maintenance to his now divorced wife. The man had challenged the order stating that the woman was found 'doing adultery' with his younger brother, which was proven before the family court, and prayed that a wife could not claim maintenance if she was living in adultery. He also submitted that his financial condition was not considered by the family court while pronouncing the verdict. On the other hand, the woman's petition sought an increase in maintenance to ₹20,000 per month. Definition of adultery Both the applicants had solemnised their marriage on July 11, 2019 and the woman alleged that that after a few days of marriage, she was subjected to mental torture and her character questioned by the husband. She was also tortured by her in-laws by not providing meals for her on time. In March 2021, she went to her paternal home where she lost her mother during that period and since then has been residing with her brother, the petitions noted. During the arguments, the counsel for the woman argued that there was a fine line of difference between the phrases i.e. 'living in adultery' and 'once lived in adultery' or 'once established physical relation with someone twice or thrice'. The petitioner further submitted that having an extra-marital affair and living an adulterous life were completely different parameters. The man submitted that the divorce was granted under the Hindu Marriage Act by the competent court in 2023 on the ground of adultery. After hearing the petitioners, Justice Arvind Kumar Verma set aside the family court order. In his judgment delivered on May 9, Justice Verma noted that a decree obtained by the husband for divorce on proving the adulterous life of the wife could not give a licence to her to continue to live in an illicit relationship and to get her right to claim maintenance revived.
Hindustan Times
19-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Chhattisgarh high court denies maintenance to woman divorced on grounds of adultery
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that a woman divorced on grounds of adultery is disqualified from claiming maintenance from her former husband, thereby quashing both her petition and a family court order granting her ₹4,000 per month. In its order dated May 9, Justice Arvind Kumar Verma observed that under section 125(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), a wife living in adultery is not entitled to maintenance. The case involved a couple from Raipur who married in 2019 under Hindu customs. The wife left her husband's house in March 2021, citing mental and physical harassment. She later filed a maintenance suit in the Raipur family court alleging cruelty and suspicion on the part of her husband. In response, the husband filed for divorce, alleging that his wife was engaged in an adulterous relationship with his younger brother. He also claimed she had threatened to implicate him in a false case when confronted. The family court granted a decree for divorce on September 8, 2023, citing the wife's adultery, and later ordered the husband on November 6 to pay her ₹4,000 in monthly maintenance. The wife subsequently sought an increase to ₹20,000. Challenging the maintenance order, the husband's counsel argued that the family court had ignored the statutory bar under section 125(4) CrPC. The counsel told the HC that his client's wife is not entitled to maintenance as she was found to be in an adulterous relationship with her husband's younger brother, which has been legally proved before the competent court, and a decree for divorce was granted in the husband's favour. The maintenance order was passed without considering the statutory provision of section 125(4) that no wife shall be entitled to receive interim maintenance from her husband. Specifically, a wife cannot claim maintenance if she is living in adultery, refuses to live with her husband without a sufficient reason, or if they are living separately by mutual consent, he said. The High Court agreed, stating that the divorce decree, based on the wife's adultery, constituted sufficient proof of her disqualification from receiving maintenance. "The decree for divorce granted by the family court in favour of the husband is sufficient proof that the wife was living in adultery. Once such a decree is in force, it is not possible for this court to take a different view contrary to the decree granted by the civil court. "Therefore, this court is of the considered view that the decree granted by the family court clearly goes to prove that the wife is living in adultery and thus, the wife suffers from the disqualification to claim maintenance from the petitioner (husband)," the high court bench stated. The HC allowed the husband's revision petition and quashed the maintenance order of the family court and the wife's petition seeking an increase in the amount of maintenance.
