The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Stamps and Registration Department to create a charge on the immovable properties of a 70-year-old man to recover arrears of maintenance awarded by the courts to his wife and a disabled son for several years.
A division bench comprising Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde issued the direction while allowing an appeal filed by the wife and the disabled children seeking higher maintenance as the Family Court had marginally increased it. The wife and the disabled children also complained about arrears due to the husband’s non-payment of maintenance regularly.
