New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's response on a plea seeking directions for formulating a uniform format for disclosing information by husband and wife before the family court for granting maintenance in matrimonial disputes.
A bench of Justices Indu Malhotra and R Subhash Reddy issued notices to the Ministry of Social Justice, Ministry of Women and Child Development and National Legal Services Authority while tagging the matter with a similar petition.
The top court also asked senior advocates Gopal Shankarnayan and Anitha Shenoy, who have been appointed as amicus curie in the matter, to give their suggestions for finalising the model affidavit to be given by both spouses for determining the quantum of maintenance to be given by the husband.
It was hearing a PIL filed by NGO Citizen Rights Trust, filed through its General Secretary and advocate Sneha Kalita, seeking pan India uniform format of filing an affidavit by both spouses for disclosing their source of income and other relevant details in matrimonial disputes to ascertain the maintenance claimed by the spouse.