Man driving Mercedes can’t call Rs 20,000 maintenance for wife excessive: Karnataka HC

 The Karnataka High Court dismissed a husband’s divorce appeal based on cruelty and desertion. The court also upheld an order for him to pay interim maintenance. A man owning a Mercedes-Benz cannot claim this payment is excessive. The husband failed to prove cruelty allegations against his wife. The court found the wife had a reasonable cause to live separately. The Karnataka High Court dismissed a husband’s divorce appeal based on cruelty and desertion. The court also upheld an order for him to pay interim maintenance. A man owning a Mercedes-Benz cannot claim this payment is excessive. The husband failed to prove cruelty allegations against his wife. The court found the wife had a reasonable cause to live separately.