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MMightylion1550
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February 21, 2025 at 12:01 pmShe is a successful dancer/actor earning more than any average person on her own and can take care of herself.Even though Chahal is a national sports star and earning way more than her, how likely is it that Dhanashree can claim for an alimony in this situation?
They don’t have any kids. Her career even prospered more ever since she married Chahal.
Can Chahal earning way more than her, be a good basis for her claiming any kind of alimony?
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IIndianveer5698
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February 21, 2025 at 12:39 pmShe can claim maintenance(not alimony) based on living standard difference. Their short duration of marriage definitely hurts her case. She will definitely get something out of it. The amount that is circulating in media is highly doubtful tho. Because no living standard requires that amount of moneyAlimony is a lumpsump payment while maintenance is monthly payment upto a certain period depending upon the duration of the marriage. What is to be paid depends on the spouse of the claimant.
People opt for alimony so as to cut all legal ties once and for all.
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UUser_689f67d5
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February 21, 2025 at 2:59 pmgood family law class revision.
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LLuckyvimal1501
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February 21, 2025 at 12:46 pmAlimony has nothing to do with sustenance. It has everything to do with WIFE BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN SAME SPENDTHRIFT LIFESTYLE AS WITH HUSBAND even after divorce-
UUser_51ce30e1
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February 21, 2025 at 1:06 pmCourt agrees to such request only if they find husband of wrong doing like extra martial affair etc-
CCleverbro4525
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February 21, 2025 at 3:12 pmThe court can still ask upto 25 percent of husbands earning on normal divorce if the women earns less than him. If she earns more or equal to him there is no scope of maintenance
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SSilentninja9967
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February 21, 2025 at 12:55 pmThe court will accept it. The amount is for the court to decide.Why tf are everyone obsessing over alimony all of a sudden? Alimony has been a part of Indian law for as long as I can remember. Stop obsessing over it. I understand that Subhash suicide case has highlighted this.
If only people took so much effort to protest and highlight dowry deaths, and domestic violence then india would be so much better.
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NNehaguy755
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February 21, 2025 at 1:42 pmPeople already did their part, that’s why there are all these laws for protecting women-
SSilentninja9967
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February 21, 2025 at 1:45 pmAnd how effective are these laws? Having laws are useless if the enforcement is not up to standard.-
NNehaguy755
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February 21, 2025 at 1:51 pmLots of innocent men are sent to jail due to false accusations, so if police decide to arrest someone they can.
Some women may not go and file a complaint in the police station unfortunately they continue to suffer.-
UUser_7e766904
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February 22, 2025 at 6:17 amThe Indian legal system should definitely be improved to protect men’s due process and prevent false convictions.The Indian society should also be looking at ways to reduce the rape culture prevalent in the society and the underreporting of sexual assault and the frequent lack of justice for women in actual rape cases.
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NNehaguy755
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February 22, 2025 at 7:59 amYes, both issues can be fixed simultaneously.
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UUser_54509c03
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February 21, 2025 at 1:59 pm>Stop obsessing over it. I understand that Subhash suicide case has highlighted this.You do realize that laws can be changed right ?
Gender neutral laws are the need of the hour.
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UUser_d7333366
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February 21, 2025 at 2:01 pmWhat is this selective activism? Voice should be raised in both the cases. Yes dowry deaths are wrong and it is equally wrong to torture a whole family with fake cases just to satisfy with your ego. People like you who do whataboutery are the main problem. Both of them are equally important to resolve.
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UUser_258d5e51
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February 21, 2025 at 1:01 pmI like how other personβs alimony issue is something that needs to be discussed and make you feel personally affected by.-
PPrimeguru8155
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February 21, 2025 at 1:41 pmBy your logic, men shouldn’t care about women’s safety since it doesn’t really personally affect them.-
UUser_8eabba5f
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February 21, 2025 at 2:25 pmDamnnnmm -
UUser_38fd7936
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February 21, 2025 at 2:32 pmWell said man. Chup kara dia -
UUser_258d5e51
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February 21, 2025 at 4:36 pmMeh you say what you say. Yall have misogynistic reasons on why women shouldnβt be getting alimony and it shows.The same amount of concern never comes from your subsection when itβs actually about womenβs rights, so whatever.
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PPrimeguru8155
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February 21, 2025 at 4:56 pm>when itβs actually about women’s rightsWhat right does a man have in India that a woman doesn’t?
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UUser_7e766904
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February 22, 2025 at 6:10 amNote that rights dosen’t necessarily mean legal rights.Anyway you could for example start with the [gender pay gap](https://m.economictimes.com/jobs/hr-policies-trends/why-is-a-womans-salary-less-than-a-mans-a-gaze-down-the-gap/articleshow/99182414.cms)
And then if you want a [more detailed look at things](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_India)
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PPrimeguru8155
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February 22, 2025 at 7:13 am>Note that rights dosen’t necessarily mean the law. It’s a reference to gender inequality.Your rights are protected by the constitution of the country you pledge your allegiance to. So rights does mean law.
Maybe what you’re saying is that our government is inefficient at enforcing laws.
Gender pay gap has already been disproved. Why would companies chose to pay higher salaries to men if women did the same work with same efficiency on lower salaries? It’s about profits after all.
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UUser_7e766904
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February 22, 2025 at 7:32 amLaws are not perfect too.>Maybe what you’re saying is that our government is inefficient at enforcing laws, which I agree with.
That is correct.
>Gender pay gap has already been disproved. Why would companies chose to pay higher salaries to men if women did the same work with same efficiency on lower salaries? It’s about profits after all.
Because of misogyny duh. Did you even read the link?
Don’t tell me you are the type to deny discrimination and misogyny exists.-
PPrimeguru8155
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February 22, 2025 at 7:39 am>Because of misogyny duhSo you’re claiming that men are paid more because companies hate women, even though the productivity is same?
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UUser_7e766904
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February 22, 2025 at 9:45 amRead the links ffs. I didn’t use the word ‘hate’. Misogyny isn’t a synonym for hating women.-
PPrimeguru8155
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February 22, 2025 at 10:07 amI did. Couldn’t find anything of substance. The ET article says pay gap exists because there aren’t many women in management positions.If companies hired employees by gender, it would mean that woman are rarity in management and hence would be paid more. That’s not the case because companies don’t hire based on gender. They hire based on competence.
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UUser_7e766904
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February 22, 2025 at 11:54 amAre you literate? That’s not the only reason. Here, I will spoonfeed this to you:>Fewer women in top management is *just one* reason why the gender pay gap remains wide open. **Another reason is unconscious biases**. Often women are not considered valuable enough in the workforce. This translates into lack of opportunities to go up and not being duly considered during performance evaluations. Eventually, it even affects the way women ask for salaries and raises.
Here are some other points that you missed:
>The gender pay gap β a woman being paid less than a man even when both are performing the same role in a company β may sound like an exception. But it’s so prevalent that it’s rather a norm across the world. Women on average are paid about 20 per cent less than men globally, an International Labour Organization (ILO) study estimated in 2018. **The ILO’s average gap for India is a far wider 34%.**
Women employees in India earn less than their male counterparts on every step up in their career as reflected by a widening of gender pay gap as women rise up the organisation hierarchy. That’s what an IIM-Ahmedabad study revealed last year. **While women at individual contributor level earn only 2.2% less than men working in similar roles, the gap widens to 3.1% for managers/supervisors and 4.9-6.1% for directors and senior executives, the study showed**. The study was based on responses from 109 NSE companies with a sample size of over 4,000 senior executives.
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The gender pay gap can vary widely across sectors and companies. But on average, the study estimated, **senior women professionals in India earn only Rs 85 for Rs 100 that men in the same position earn.**>They hire based on competence.
This dosen’t explain why women earn less than men for the same job.
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UUser_7e766904
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February 22, 2025 at 12:09 pm>They hire based on competence.Are you sure that’s the only reason? The gender bias regarding hiring has been well known
>[Gender bias in interview invitationsΒ ](https://www.wgea.gov.au/publications/gender-equitable-recruitment-and-promotion)
>Multiple studies have demonstrated that when women apply for jobs, they receive fewer interview invitations than equally qualified men β an effect that is compounded for older women, women with children and women from certain ethnic or racial groups (Abrams et al., 2016; Bertrand and Mullainathan, 2004; Correll et al., 2007; Moss-Racusin et al., 2012; Neumark, 2010; Riach and Rich, 2006; Weichselbaumer, 2016). Research from Australia and the United Kingdom has shown that men are similarly disadvantaged when applying for entry-level roles (Riach and Rich, 2006) or jobs in heavily female-dominated occupations (Booth and Leigh, 2010). Β
>In each of these studies, researchers sent out matched pairs of applications, which differed only in candidatesβ identifying information, to thousands of actual job advertisements and monitored interview invitation rates. Because this approach effectively controls for other factors, such as work history or education, it is widely seen to be the most reliable indicator of gender-based employment discrimination in the initial recruitment stage (Neumark, 2010). If all else is equal, and men receive more interview invitations than identically-qualified women, logic dictates that managers must be using gender to assess candidatesβ employability (Foley and Williamson, 2018). Β
>Research has shown how women face tougher evaluation of their credentials during the initial recruitment stage. A Yale University study asked 127 science faculty at research-intensive universities to rate the job application materials of a prospective laboratory manager who was randomly assigned either a female or male name (Moss-Racusin et al., 2012). Both male and female evaluators rated the male candidate as more competent and βhireableβ than the female candidate, even though both applications were otherwise identical. Evaluators also recommended higher starting salaries for the male applicant and offered more mentoring opportunities. Β
>In another study, 238 academic psychologists in the United States were randomly assigned to evaluate one of two identical resumes (either βKaren Millerβ or βBrian Millerβ) for a candidate applying for an academic role (Steinpreis et al., 1999). Although participants said they liked the female candidate better than the male candidate, they were more likely to recommend the male candidate for the job. Interestingly, participants were four times more likely to write cautionary remarks in the margins of the female candidateβs application, questioning the independence and legitimacy of her accomplishments, such as: βI would need to see evidence that she had gotten these grants and publications on her ownβ. Β
>These findings suggest that women face more rigorous scrutiny and are held to higher standards than equally qualified men and that, consciously or unconsciously, managers associate candidatesβ genders with their likelihood of job-related success (for a comprehensive and accessible account of gender differences in job evaluations, see Bohnet, 2016; Fine, 2011).Β Gender bias in interview invitationsΒ
Multiple studies have demonstrated that when women apply for jobs, they receive fewer interview invitations than equally qualified men β an effect that is compounded for older women, women with children and women from certain ethnic or racial groups (Abrams et al., 2016; Bertrand and Mullainathan, 2004; Correll et al., 2007; Moss-Racusin et al., 2012; Neumark, 2010; Riach and Rich, 2006; Weichselbaumer, 2016). Research from Australia and the United Kingdom has shown that men are similarly disadvantaged when applying for entry-level roles (Riach and Rich, 2006) or jobs in heavily female-dominated occupations (Booth and Leigh, 2010).
>In each of these studies, researchers sent out matched pairs of applications, which differed only in candidatesβ identifying information, to thousands of actual job advertisements and monitored interview invitation rates. Because this approach effectively controls for other factors, such as work history or education, it is widely seen to be the most reliable indicator of gender-based employment discrimination in the initial recruitment stage (Neumark, 2010). If all else is equal, and men receive more interview invitations than identically-qualified women, logic dictates that managers must be using gender to assess candidatesβ employability (Foley and Williamson, 2018).
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I can only imagine it is much worse in India.
You also haven’t explained why women are paid less than men for the same job.
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UUser_fa1f118a
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February 21, 2025 at 10:59 pmKahan ki baat kahan kar rahe hai aap π€‘-
UUser_95ac5635
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February 22, 2025 at 2:43 amshe literallyy said you shouldn’t care what happens to others?
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UUser_3fc103a4
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February 21, 2025 at 3:21 pmπ€‘ okay -
UUser_945851fa
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February 22, 2025 at 3:50 amSee men, this is exactly the kind of women you don’t touch even with a 10ft pole let alone marry. I pity the life of the guy this scumbag gets married too….that is if this scum doesn’t end up with 4 of her cats alone and nobodyelse, I hope that’s the case tho.Fucking hypocrite femcel
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HHappybear2986
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February 21, 2025 at 1:10 pmpahle alimony or maintenance me farak samaz le incel laudu -
SSupertiger9065
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February 21, 2025 at 1:23 pmI found something funny she was selling mangalsutra on facebook advertisement just next day after the newsHer family refuses the 60cr claim
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UUser_2062b41c
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February 21, 2025 at 3:27 pmSo the 60 cr part was fake or -
UUser_1d83832f
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February 21, 2025 at 4:35 pmOfcourse they will deny it. We will see when the actual judgement comes.-
UUser_a2a03f6a
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February 21, 2025 at 8:57 pmSo you will believe the rumors about her claiming 60cr but not the other way round? You do see the fallacy here I hope?-
UUser_1d83832f
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February 22, 2025 at 4:07 amYes. I have strong reasons to believe. Have seen plenty of cases where wives have been asking 50-70% of their husbandβs earnings as alimony and maintenance money and our courts have offered them actually the exact amount.
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MMightylion1550
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February 22, 2025 at 5:23 amI know the family rejected 60cr claim. Hence I did not mentioned 60cr anywhere in the post
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SSamirguru216
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February 21, 2025 at 1:38 pmMost of the times it is about maintaining lifestyle pre-divorce.Sometimes it is about which side of the bed *milord* woke up that morning. Anything can happen.
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RRapidneha4129
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February 22, 2025 at 3:38 amMilord woke up on the driver’s bed side
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UUser_e33fc3f8
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February 21, 2025 at 1:38 pmIs this InstaCelebsGossip sub? -
UUser_4de47b17
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February 21, 2025 at 1:41 pmWoh stree hain… -
RRapidamaya8990
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February 21, 2025 at 1:52 pmGold digger is it -
BBrightthinker9189
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February 21, 2025 at 2:14 pmNAL but depends on how good the lawyer is and the views of the judge. Have seen cases in recent past where the husband earned in crores and wife demanded in lakhs per month but Judge asked her details of how exactly she came up with that figure and in the end refused it as unreasonable. -
UUser_97c3f8a1
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February 21, 2025 at 4:48 pmIndian judges always side with the wife. Choose them wisely -
AAnitalion580
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February 21, 2025 at 6:32 pmHow much Alimony did Aamir Khan had to pay divorcing his 3-4 wives?-
UUser_6ca26138
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February 22, 2025 at 5:58 am2 dude.wad three fourΒ
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UUser_c38971e8
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February 21, 2025 at 6:34 pmI have 0 idea why men pay crores and crores in alimony for a dancer when you can get a good dancer for 6-12k πMen really need to reevaluate which girls are marriage worthy and which aren’t. Feel bad for the bro though.
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UUser_b49382db
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February 21, 2025 at 8:23 pmNot well put but fact -
UUser_6ca26138
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February 22, 2025 at 6:00 amThese low class guys like chahal get enamoured by beauty n glamour.they want a forever jus wid beauty.before marriage they dont hav d brains to realise that beauty is nothing wen it comes to marriage.emotional compatibility mental compatibility woman not engaging with men is everything.that they realise after marriage n den divorceΒ
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UUser_5ac3cfec
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February 21, 2025 at 8:52 pmThere is not truth to the alimony news. Chigma males everywhere.-
UUser_945851fa
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February 22, 2025 at 3:52 amFemcel spotted
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QQuicktanay7254
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February 22, 2025 at 12:43 amTujhe kya panchat h -
EEpichardik4040
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February 22, 2025 at 1:40 amCheck the richest woman in the world and how she got her fortune -
AAravhero991
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February 22, 2025 at 3:27 amMeanwhile Shreyas Aiyar : Mauka Maukaa -
UUser_72f49214
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February 22, 2025 at 4:40 amLong answer short, she will get half of his husband wealth or they settle for fix amount. Court doesn’t care of expenses and shit, they want wife to enjoy same lifestyle or better after divorce. Her finances does not matter much. -
NNamanlion152
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February 22, 2025 at 5:58 amLaw for woman, -
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