While hearing a case concerning an elderly couple aged about 75-80, who are involved in a legal battle over the issue of maintenance, the Allahabad High Court made an uncommon statement that it seemed that ‘Kalyug’ has arrived.
“It seems that Kalyug has arrived since a couple of aged about 75-80 years is fighting a legal battle against each other for maintenance”, the court observed.
Kalyug in Hinduism is the last and worst stage of the Yuga cycle. It is the age that saw the decline of moral and ethical values. Yuga means the age of the world. In short, Kalyuga means the age of evil.
Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery made this remark while hearing a petition filed by one Munesh Kumar Gupta, who is husband, challenging a Aligarh family court’s order directing him to pay Rs. 5000 as maintenance to his wife – Gayatri.
While issuing notice to the wife in the matter, the court in its order dated September 20 directed to list the matter for a final hearing in the hope that the parties may settle.
As per the facts of the case, the applicant -Munish was an IV-class employee in the medical department. In 1981, he built a house in the name of his wife, Gayatri Devi. Three years after the applicant retired, Gayatri Devi donated the house to their younger son in 2008, which led to a dispute between the elderly couple over the issue of the elder son being deprived of his rights.
Due to their dispute, the couple started living separately with their respective sons and the wife also filed a maintenance claim against the applicant in the family court. When the family court directed the applicant to pay Rs. 5000 as maintenance to his wife, he filed the present petition before the high court challenging the order issued by the family court.
