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Publication: Bangalore Mirror;Date: Feb 27, 2012;Section: Front
Page;Page: 5
Womens empowerment and ego problems are spoiling society:
HC judgeBoth parents pamper the child to make it avoid the
otherparent... Woman takes alimony from ex-husband but doesnt
let
him meet their daughter. Enraged, the judge added, You
want his money, but dont want him to see the child
S Shyam Prasad [email protected]
The society is being spoilt because of womens empowerment and
ego problems, an angry judge told anadvocate whose woman client
accepts alimony from her former husband, but refuses him the right
to visit theirdaughter.
The division bench of Justice K L Manjunath and Justice K
Govindarajulu were hearing an appeal by Binu Vineet,seeking
visitation rights to see his minor daughter whom he had not seen
for seven years. The 16-year-old girl liveswith her mother,
Shiny.
Shinys advocate argued against the plea, saying Vineet was not
interested in the child and had not paid child
maintenance for years.
Vineet, who was present in court, said, If there is even a
single rupee pending from my side as childmaintenance, I would
withdraw this appeal.
Justice Manjunath asked Shinys advocate if the girls father was
paying the monthly maintenance. When told hewas, the judge said,
You tried to create an impression that he was not paying for the
last three years. I am sorry tosay this, but society is being
spoilt because of womens empowerment, ego problems and small issues
being blownout of proportion. I do not know where the society is
headed with such attitude. Both the parents pamper the child tomake
it avoid the other parent. The child takes money from both the
parents, and will end up as a vagabond on thestreets. Even the
judges are to be blamed for this. They pass orders on just the
facts, without considering humaneissues.
Justice Manjunath said that advocates had the responsibility of
trying to get the parties to reconcile. He furthersaid that the
woman in this case was behind money. You want his money, but dont
want him to see the child, thejudge said.
DIVORCED IN 2005
Vineet and Shiny were married on June 23, 1994, at St Georges
Church, Kerala. They divorced through mutual
consent in March 2005. Their only daughter is now 16 years.
Vineet has been trying to get custody and visitationrights for
years. In 2008, the trial court rejected his plea, and Vineet moved
the high court last year.
In its order, the HC said, We tried to persuade the parties to
reconcile. But the respondent says that thedaughter is not willing
to meet her father. The respondent contends that the child has
apprehensions about meetingher father and fears that she would not
be compatible and comfortable. We cannot appreciate her arguments
onthese grounds based on the childs response.
The court also noted that the child is now studying in Std X in
a reputed school in Bangalore and would join collegeshortly. The
appellant is allowed to meet his daughter once in two weeks for
three to four hours, the court ordered.
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Vineets advocate, Siju Abraham Verghese of Ranjit Shankar
Associates, said, The case for custody of the girlstarted in 2001,
when she was just five years old. In the past seven years, the
father did not get to meet hisdaughter even once despite both of
them living in the same city.
A case was also filed when our client went to his former wifes
house to see his daughter. The comment made bythe judge was of a
serious nature, but very true. The wifes advocate told the court
that maintenance had not beenpaid for the past five years. It is
totally false. There had been blatant misuse of law by women in
some cases whichwas looked into by the court today. Any number of
problems may arise between the husband and wife but even as
advocates we have to look at the welfare of the child and try
make the parents reach a settlement as far as the childis
concerned.
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