Overview

• In May, Additional Sessions Judge S J Ansari deemed the previous Rs 5 lakh award too meagre and increased compensation to Rs 1 crore.
• Monthly maintenance for the woman and her daughter was raised from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh.
• The court highlighted the husband’s crorepati status, citing his elevator business and a 2012 property purchase worth over Rs 1 crore.
• In her appeal, the 41-year-old housewife recounted nearly 20 years of physical, emotional and economic abuse by her husband and in-laws.
• Judge Ansari pointed to her estrangement from her twin sons, suggesting the husband influenced them against their mother.