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A Delhi court has directed a man to pay his first wife and their two children Rs 8,000 interim maintenance per month in a domestic violence case, saying he cannot shirk his liability on pretext of having responsibility of maintaining second wife.

In today's scenario, women are expected to contribute economically in running the household, a court in New Delhi has observed while denying interim maintenance to a wife from her estranged husband in a domestic violence case.

A Delhi court has directed a man to pay his first wife and their two children Rs 8,000 interim maintenance per month in a domestic violence case, saying he cannot shirk his liability on pretext of having responsibility of maintaining second wife.

In today's scenario, women are expected to contribute economically in running the household, a court in New Delhi has observed while denying interim maintenance to a wife from her estranged husband in a domestic violence case.