Actor Raghubir Yadav ordered to pay Rs 40,000 alimony to wife

The court directed Yadav to pay interim maintenance of Rs 40,000 per month to his wife from the date of its present order till the pendency of the case.

It also asked him to pay her Rs 20,000 from the date of filing of the petition in 2006 till this order,besides another sum of Rs 20,000 per month for maintenance of his son,who is a minor now,from the date of filing of the petition till he became a major.

The woman,in her plea,had told the court that she had married Yadav in Jabalpur in June 1988 but he deserted her in 1995. She added she had been living along with their son in Delhi.

A Madhya Pradesh court too earlier had ordered Yadav to pay alimony to his wife but he had refused to pay the same,prompting the court to issue a arrest warrant against him leading to his arrest.

The woman later had moved the apex court for adjudication of her plea for maintenance by a Delhi court on the ground that she had shifted to the national capital.