The Mohammad Shami-Hasin Jahan saga is not over. Now the cricketer's ex-wife has gone to the Supreme Court seeking an increase in her maintenance amount.
Shami's former wife told the court that the Rs 4 lakh per month as maintenance — Rs 1.5 lakh to Jahan and Rs 2.5 lakh to their daughter - is not enough. Note that the Rs 4 lakh amount was decided earlier by the Calcutta High Court. Now the former model has in a plea in the Supreme Court argued that does not align with the legal principles established in Rajnesh v. Neha (2021) regarding fair maintenance.
She contends that the awarded amount fails to reflect Shami’s substantial income and the standard of living she and her daughter enjoyed during the marriage. According to her plea, monetary relief under Section 20 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, must be “adequate, fair, and consistent” with the couple’s marital lifestyle.
Jahan further argues that her daughter deserves the same educational and lifestyle opportunities as children of other elite cricketers, which the current order does not ensure. She also maintains that her education or capacity to work cannot undermine her legal right to maintenance, which must consider the husband’s income and social standing.
Citing Shami’s reported monthly income of around Rs 59.96 lakh, Jahan claims that even by applying the “one-third income rule,” the Rs 4 lakh award is “grossly inadequate.” She has sought an enhanced interim maintenance of Rs 7 lakh per month for herself and Rs 3 lakh per month for her daughter, or any higher amount the court deems appropriate.
Meanwhile, the apext court issued notices to Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami and the West Bengal government on the plea. However, during the hearing, the SC bench observed that the interim maintenance fixed by the Calcutta High Court for Jahan and her daughter appeared “quite handsome.”
Jahan, a former model, married Shami in 2014, and the couple has a daughter born in 2015. They separated in 2018 after she accused him of domestic violence and infidelity. In 2019, police filed a charge sheet against Shami under Sections 498A (dowry harassment) and 354A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code. The couple’s divorce and maintenance dispute have since been ongoing in court.
Shami's former wife told the court that the Rs 4 lakh per month as maintenance — Rs 1.5 lakh to Jahan and Rs 2.5 lakh to their daughter - is not enough. Note that the Rs 4 lakh amount was decided earlier by the Calcutta High Court. Now the former model has in a plea in the Supreme Court argued that does not align with the legal principles established in Rajnesh v. Neha (2021) regarding fair maintenance.
She contends that the awarded amount fails to reflect Shami’s substantial income and the standard of living she and her daughter enjoyed during the marriage. According to her plea, monetary relief under Section 20 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, must be “adequate, fair, and consistent” with the couple’s marital lifestyle.
Jahan further argues that her daughter deserves the same educational and lifestyle opportunities as children of other elite cricketers, which the current order does not ensure. She also maintains that her education or capacity to work cannot undermine her legal right to maintenance, which must consider the husband’s income and social standing.
Citing Shami’s reported monthly income of around Rs 59.96 lakh, Jahan claims that even by applying the “one-third income rule,” the Rs 4 lakh award is “grossly inadequate.” She has sought an enhanced interim maintenance of Rs 7 lakh per month for herself and Rs 3 lakh per month for her daughter, or any higher amount the court deems appropriate.
Meanwhile, the apext court issued notices to Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami and the West Bengal government on the plea. However, during the hearing, the SC bench observed that the interim maintenance fixed by the Calcutta High Court for Jahan and her daughter appeared “quite handsome.”
Jahan, a former model, married Shami in 2014, and the couple has a daughter born in 2015. They separated in 2018 after she accused him of domestic violence and infidelity. In 2019, police filed a charge sheet against Shami under Sections 498A (dowry harassment) and 354A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code. The couple’s divorce and maintenance dispute have since been ongoing in court.
