The Lahore High Court’s Multan bench has made it compulsory for a man to pay for the children of his former wife.
At a hearing on Friday, it issued a written verdict on an intra court appeal which stated that if a couple divorces, the husband has to pay Rs15,000 to the ex-wife as allowance for their children.
Justice Muhammad Raza Qureshi ruled that the amount will be increased by 10% every year.
The decision on the guardianship of the children will, on the other hand, be taken after three months (of the divorce). Until then, they will stay with their mother.
Last year, a man, identified as Aamir Sohail, filed an intra court appeal against the verdict in the case issued by the single bench.
It stated that he wasn’t able to pay Rs15,000 allowance for the children.
“The single bench passed the verdict on the basis of false information.”
The petitioner’s counsel pointed out that in 2016, the family court had allowed him to pay Rs4,000 a month with an annual increase of 10%. “My client has been regularly paying the amount.”
Meanwhile, Sohail’s ex-wife told the court that he earned Rs50,000 a month and was capable of paying Rs15,000.
The court had, subsequently, instructed him to increase the monthly allowance.
On Friday, after hearing the arguments, the high court ruled that it found nothing illegal in the decision of the single bench and wouldn’t interfere in its decision. It, consequently, disposed of Sohail’s appeal.
