In a sensational ruling, Justice Nagamuthu at the Madras High Court has said that divorced women who have sex with another man will not be entitled to alimony from her former husband. A divorcee must ‘maintain discipline as she was expected to maintain during the subsistence of her marriage and not have sexual relationships with another man,’ said the Justice.
The Justice went on to say that a divorcee would lose her right to claim alimony if she ‘breaches her sexual obligation’ she had before the dissolution of her marriage. ‘Law doesn’t allow an adulterous wife to claim alimony,’ said the judge in his ruling adding that the law is applicable in the case of a divorcee too.
Further supporting his judgment, the Justice also said that just like a man is committed to pay maintenance to his former wife, even a woman is committed not to maintain other relationship. If a woman involves in a relationship after divorce, she may be entitled maintenance from her new partner but no longer from her former husband.
