“Nowhere a Hindu husband while marrying a lady will say: I will marry you provided you must work and earn and feed yourself. A Hindu husband will not say that his wife must go to work and get herself maintained. It is against Hindu philosophy for a man professing that religion to expect his wife to get employed, earn sufficient money and maintain herself without depending upon his income, the Madras High Court Bench here has said. Even otherwise, it is immaterial because under Hindu Law a husband should maintain his wife. It would be against Hindu philosophy.”Pointing out that the petitioner was a Central government employee earning about Rs.

Source: The Hindu July 14, 2016 00:17 UTC