An appeal was filed by Gurleen Kaur seeking maintenance from her husband Jaspreet Singh. Singh sought to clarify whether Kaur was employed during certain periods for which she claimed maintenance. The trial court directed Kaur to clarify her employment history for the disputed periods. The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that courts must obtain affidavits of assets, income, and expenditures in all matrimony cases to avoid delays. It also directed family courts to more efficiently handle maintenance cases like this one, which had been pending since 2015.
An appeal was filed by Gurleen Kaur seeking maintenance from her husband Jaspreet Singh. Singh sought to clarify whether Kaur was employed during certain periods for which she claimed maintenance. The trial court directed Kaur to clarify her employment history for the disputed periods. The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that courts must obtain affidavits of assets, income, and expenditures in all matrimony cases to avoid delays. It also directed family courts to more efficiently handle maintenance cases like this one, which had been pending since 2015.
An appeal was filed by Gurleen Kaur seeking maintenance from her husband Jaspreet Singh. Singh sought to clarify whether Kaur was employed during certain periods for which she claimed maintenance. The trial court directed Kaur to clarify her employment history for the disputed periods. The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that courts must obtain affidavits of assets, income, and expenditures in all matrimony cases to avoid delays. It also directed family courts to more efficiently handle maintenance cases like this one, which had been pending since 2015.
An appeal was filed by Gurleen Kaur seeking maintenance from her husband Jaspreet Singh. Singh sought to clarify whether Kaur was employed during certain periods for which she claimed maintenance. The trial court directed Kaur to clarify her employment history for the disputed periods. The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that courts must obtain affidavits of assets, income, and expenditures in all matrimony cases to avoid delays. It also directed family courts to more efficiently handle maintenance cases like this one, which had been pending since 2015.
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CASE BRIEF
CASE NAME AND CASE LAW:
Jaspreet Singh v. Gurleen Kaur ( CRM-M-36522-2019 (O&M)) (Section 9 of Hindu Marriage Act and Protection of women from Domestic Violence Act)
FACTS: An appeal has been filed by the respondent (wife) seeking maintance from her husband(petitioner). The petitioner moved an application seeking insurance on the direction to be issued to the respondent for admission or denial or certain facts relating to the time period wherein she was employed. The trial court issued a direction to the respondent in order to clarify the facts pertaining to the period of her employment.
ISSUE: Whether the respondent is liable for maintance for the time period when she was not employed?
JUDGEMENT: The high court of Punjab and Haryana in its judgment dated 6 th January, 2020 by the bench consisting of Justice Gurvinder Singh Gill directed all the family courts to insist on Affidavit of assets, income and expenditure in all matrimony cases. Further he stated that in cases of maintance there is a colossal delay in disposal as in the present case the petition was filed in 2015. Further the court also gave many directions to be followed by the Punjab and Haryana high courts while dealing with matrimony cases.
