Husband’s ‘No Job’ Claim To Dodge Alimony Prompts RTI By Wife. This Happened Next

Last Updated:July 01, 2025, 23:22 IST

The Jharkhand High Court ordered a man to pay Rs 90,000 monthly after an RTI by his wife revealed his income.

The Jharkhand High Court ordered the man to pay Rs 90,000 monthly for ex-wife and autistic son's maintenance.

The Jharkhand High Court directed a man to pay a total of Rs 90,000 per month in maintenance- Rs 50,000 to his ex-wife and Rs 40,000 in child support for their autistic son- after an RTI revealed his actual annual income to be Rs 27 lakh.

The court order came after the woman challenged a Ranchi family court’s earlier decision that granted her a one-time alimony of Rs 12 lakh and Rs 8,000 monthly for the child’s maintenance. The woman alleged she faced domestic abuse and dowry demands early in the marriage and was later abandoned along with her son, born in 2012 and diagnosed with autism.

Woman Files RTI To Counter Husband’s ‘Unemployed’ Claims

Although the husband claimed in court that he was unemployed, the woman’s legal team presented an RTI reply from the Income Tax Department showing he was employed at an IT firm in Mumbai and drawing Rs 2.3 lakh monthly after deductions. The Jharkhand High Court criticised the family court for accepting his affidavit without further verification.

Calling the man’s alleged abandonment of his son “not just a moral failure but a legal default," the Division Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Rajesh Kumar emphasised that a child with 75% intellectual disability requires long-term specialised care. The bench acknowledged the mother’s dual burden as a guest teacher and full-time caregiver, accepting the submitted estimate of Rs 53,000 per month to cover therapy, special education and structured healthcare.

The petitioner’s lawyer Rakesh Kumar Gupta hailed the verdict as a “socially important ruling," underscoring the broader implications for single mothers raising children with special needs.

He said, “This case is not just about alimony. It’s about acknowledging the long-term and unique challenges a single mother faces while raising a child with autism… It’s a socially important ruling."

Location :

Jharkhand, India, India

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