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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Why did Calcutta HC order Mohammad Shami to pay ₹4 lakh per month to estranged wife?
Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami has been ordered by the Calcutta high court to pay his estranged wife Hasin Jahan an alimony of ₹ 4 lakh per month, including maintenance for the couple's daughter. Mohammed Shami with estranged wife Hasin Jahan.(PTI) This is a significant bump from the ₹ 1.30 lakh per month ( ₹ 50,000 for Jahan and ₹ 80,000 for their daughter) he was ordered to pay by a district court in 2023. Hasin Jahan had originally sought ₹ 10 lakh in total, ₹ 7 lakh for herself and ₹ 3 lakh for her daughter, but the lower court dismissed her request. Why did high order Mohammad Shami to pay a higher alimony and maintenance to Hasin Jahan? In her appeal, Hasin Jahan's legal counsel argued that Mohammad Shami's financial circumstances could support a higher alimony amount. According to his income tax return for the financial year 2021, Shami's annual income was approximately ₹ 7.19 crore, or around ₹ 60 lakh per month. Jahan claimed her combined monthly expenses, including those for her daughter, exceeded ₹ 6 lakh. The judge explained that the figure of ₹ 4 lakhs was decided considering Shami's earnings, his daughter's future, and the lifestyle his estranged wife, Hasin Jahan, was enjoying before the two parted ways. 'The opposite party/husband's income, financial disclosure and earnings established that he is in a position to pay a higher amount. The petitioner wife, who has remained unmarried and is living independently with the child, is entitled to a levelled maintenance that she enjoyed during her continuance of marriage and which reasonably secures her future as well as the future of the child," Bar And Bench quoted the judge as saying. The bench said that while the question of granting an excessive amount of alimony and maintenance does not arise, it can not accept a lowball figure, keeping in mind Shami's income. Mohammad Shami married Hasin Jahan in 2014, but the couple separated in 2018 when Jahan filed an FIR against her husband and family, alleging domestic violence and abuse.
NDTV
3 days ago
- Sport
- NDTV
Why Was Mohammed Shami Ordered To Pay Rs 4 Lakh Alimony To Wife, Daughter? Judge Explains
Indian cricket Mohammed Shami was ordered to pay Rs 4 lakh as maintenance to his wife and daughter during the ongoing legal battle by the Calcutta High Court. The maintenance amount saw a significant jump from the previously agreed figure of Rs. 1.30 lakh, which was decided on the basis of a district sessions court order in 2023. As soon as the news became public, Shami's fans sympathised with him on social media, saying the cricketer shouldn't have been forced to pay such a high amount as maintenance. The judge, however, explained the order saying the figure was decided keeping in mind Shami's earnings, his daughter's future and the lifestyle his estranged wife Hasin Jahan was enjoying before the two parted their ways. "The opposite party/husband's income, financial disclosure and earnings established that he is in a position to pay a higher amount. The petitioner wife who has remained unmarried and is living independently with the child is entitled to a levelled maintenance that she enjoyed during her continuance of marriage and which reasonably secure her future as well as future of the child," the Bench said, as per Bar And Bench. "Therefore, while it is true that the question of awarding an excessive amount of monetary relief does not arise, awarding a very low amount also cannot be accepted," the judge was quoted as saying by the Times of India. Hasin Jahan also thanked the court for finalising Rs 4 lakh as maintenance amount, saying the figure would help her get their daughter admitted to a better school, which wasn't possible earlier. "I have lost almost everything while fighting for my rights in the last seven years. I couldn't admit my daughter to a better school. I am thankful to the court," Jahan told the paper after the order. Jahan, however, had originally prayed for monetary relief, including an interim monetary relief of Rs 7 lakh per month for herself and an additional Rs 3 lakh for her daughter. Jahan had lodged an FIR at the Jadavpur police station against Shami and his family in March 2018, four years after their marriage in April 2014, alleging "enormous physical and mental torture" under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violation (PWDV) Act, 2005 and "sustained indifference and neglect" of her minor daughter. Besides domestic violence, she also accused Shami of dowry harassment and match-fixing while alleging that Shami had stopped shouldering financial responsibility for running her family expenses. As for the case, Jahan had lodged an FIR at the Jadavpur police station against Shami and his family in March 2018, four years after their marriage in April 2014, alleging "enormous physical and mental torture" under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violation (PWDV) Act, 2005 and "sustained indifference and neglect" of her minor daughter. Besides domestic violence, she also accused Shami of dowry harassment and match-fixing while alleging that Shami had stopped shouldering financial responsibility for running her family expenses.
