Holy Quran says husband’s duty to look after wife, children: Karnataka High Court

The Court also observed that the object of granting alimony is to ensure that the dependent spouse is not reduced to destitution or vagrancy on account of a failure of the marriage, and not to punish the other spouse.

Karnataka HC and Quran

The holy Quran calls upon the husband to look after his wife and children, especially if they are disabled, the Karnataka High Court recently said while rejecting a petition filed by a Muslim man against a maintenance award in made by a family court favour of his estranged wife and children [Mohammed Amjad Pasha And Naseema Banu & Ors].

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Karnataka High Court

Maintenance

Muslim Law

Quran

Matrimonial Disputes

Justice Krishna Dixit