{
  "id": 9557196,
  "title": "Dentist forced wife to quit government job, ordered to pay Rs 30,000 maintenance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/dentist-forced-wife-to-quit-government-job-ordered-to-pay-rs-30-000",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T13:00:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/dentist-forced-wife-government-job-ordered-rs-30000-maintenance-10892361/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Calcutta High Court recently ruled that a dental surgeon must pay Rs 30,000 per month in interim maintenance to his ex-wife and child, after finding that the husband forced her to quit her government job. Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya noted the wife had to leave her contractual government position due to her husband's insistence. The court also pointed out that the husband claimed to earn Rs 20,000 monthly, but had not disclosed his bank accounts and other financial details, which the court deemed suspicious. The husband argued that the maintenance order was excessively high, stating he could not afford the Rs 30,000 monthly payment. However, the court found that the wife had to resign due to her husband's coercion and that the husband had failed to provide relevant financial information, leading to an adverse inference against him. The court upheld the Rs 20,000 monthly maintenance order for the wife and Rs 10,000 for the child, dismissing the husband's revision plea on September 17.",
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  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}