<p>A family court in Uttar Pradesh has ordered a woman, who was a retired government servant, to pay maintenance to her unemployed husband.</p>.<p>Kishori Lal, a resident of Khatauli village in UP's Muzaffarnagar district, about 500 kilometres from here, had been married to Munni Devi, who worked as a fourth class employee with the central government.</p>.<p>After spending 20 years together the couple, owing to some differences, started living separately. While Munni Devi settled in Kanpur, her workplace, Kishori Lal shifted to Khatauli.</p>.<p>Kishori Lal, who was unemployed, moved a petition before the family court in Muzaffarnagar in 2013 seeking maintenance from his wife on the ground that he had neither any work nor property to sustain himself.</p>.<p>The court directed Munni Devi to pay Rs 2,000 monthly maintenance to him from the money she got as pension.</p>.<p>Kishori Lal, however, is not happy with the court order. ''I should get one-third of the pension being received by my wife...how will I be able to survive with this meager amount,'' he said.</p>.<p>''I suffered a lot in the past seven years....when we were together I used to take care of the domestic work while my wife worked...I did not try to get job then,'' he added.</p>
<p>A family court in Uttar Pradesh has ordered a woman, who was a retired government servant, to pay maintenance to her unemployed husband.</p>.<p>Kishori Lal, a resident of Khatauli village in UP's Muzaffarnagar district, about 500 kilometres from here, had been married to Munni Devi, who worked as a fourth class employee with the central government.</p>.<p>After spending 20 years together the couple, owing to some differences, started living separately. While Munni Devi settled in Kanpur, her workplace, Kishori Lal shifted to Khatauli.</p>.<p>Kishori Lal, who was unemployed, moved a petition before the family court in Muzaffarnagar in 2013 seeking maintenance from his wife on the ground that he had neither any work nor property to sustain himself.</p>.<p>The court directed Munni Devi to pay Rs 2,000 monthly maintenance to him from the money she got as pension.</p>.<p>Kishori Lal, however, is not happy with the court order. ''I should get one-third of the pension being received by my wife...how will I be able to survive with this meager amount,'' he said.</p>.<p>''I suffered a lot in the past seven years....when we were together I used to take care of the domestic work while my wife worked...I did not try to get job then,'' he added.</p>
