Alimony cant be based on hubbys I-T returns: Guj HC 

Asking a doctor to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs 15,000 to his estranged wife, Gujarat high court on Monday said an alimony cannot be decided on the basis of a husbands income tax returns because these papers are not the gospel truth. 
Rani Tahelramani had filed a case under Domestic Violence Act against her husband , Anup Vidhani, a Vadodara-based eye surgeon. She had also sought maintenance from her husband but a lower court turned down her plea saying a decision on her complaint would be taken soon. When the proceedings dragged on, she appealed in the sessions court seeking alimony. 
The wife argued in the sessions court that her husband had a flourishing private practice and runs an eye hospital and has a monthly income of over Rs 1 lakh. Countering this, the surgeon told the court that he is engaged by a private hospital and paid an honorarium of Rs 4,000 per month. He even produced his I-T returns showing he was not earning much. 
Not satisfied with the doctors arguments , the court last month asked him to pay a monthly alimony of Rs 15,000 from January 3. Aggrieved by this order, Vidhani approached the high court claiming he was not in a position to pay such a huge amount . Justice Akil Kureshi, however, upheld the sessions courts decision and asked him to pay Rs 15,000 monthly as alimony.