Kerala High Court says counselling needed for those who can’t maintain second wife

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The Kerala High Court has observed that a idiosyncratic who has nary capableness to support a 2nd woman cannot wed yet again and said specified persons request due counselling.

This holds bully adjacent arsenic per the customary instrumentality of those from the Muslim community, it said, portion considering a plea by a 39-year-old pistillate who sought attraction from her 46-year-old hubby who is blind, is into begging, and is from the aforesaid community.

Taking enactment of the information that the antheral joined the pistillate adjacent erstwhile his archetypal matrimony was successful existence, the tribunal said that his successive marriage, adjacent erstwhile begging was his root of income, could not beryllium accepted. A tribunal cannot recognise the first, 2nd and adjacent 3rd matrimony of a Muslim man, erstwhile helium has nary capableness to support his wives and 1 of his wives approached the tribunal claiming maintenance.

The Family Court, Malappuram, had dismissed her plea and said that nary tribunal could nonstop a idiosyncratic into begging to wage maintenance, particularly erstwhile his woman admits that helium was into begging. The tribunal upheld the Family Court bid and said that it was the work of the tribunal to spot that specified radical who were into begging and were marrying 1 aft the other, were fixed counselling. Steps indispensable besides beryllium taken to support the destitute wives, it said.

Published - September 20, 2025 01:20 americium IST

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