Coimbatore Man Tries To Pay Rs 80,000 Alimony Entirely In Coins. Here’s What Happened Next

The man, a call taxi owner and driver, was directed by the court to pay Rs 2 lakh to his wife as part of an interim maintenance order issued during their ongoing divorce proceedings.

The judge instructed him to pay the amount in currency notes instead of the coins.

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Coimbatore news: A 37-year-old man from Vadavalli made headlines after arriving at the additional family court in the city with Rs 80,000 in bundles of Rs 2 and Rs 1 coins to pay an interim alimony amount. The man, a call taxi owner and driver, was directed by the court to pay Rs 2 lakh to his wife as part of an interim maintenance order issued during their ongoing divorce proceedings.

On Wednesday, the man drove to the court premises with 20 bundles of coins. He unloaded them from his car and carried them into the courtroom. However, upon submission, the judge instructed him to pay the amount in currency notes instead of the coins, as per a report on Times of India.

A video of the man walking out of the court quickly went viral on social media, drawing widespread attention. He was seen with two white bags filled with coins and placing them back into his car.

On Thursday, the man returned to the court and replaced the coins with currency notes. The court has also instructed him to pay the remaining Rs 1.2 lakh at the earliest.

In June last year, a court in Jaipur allowed a man to pay maintenance dues of Rs 55,000 in Re 1 and Rs 2 coins. After his arrest over non-payment of the due, the man's family brought the 11 months due in seven sacks to the court, as per a report on PTI. Even though the counsel for his estranged wife objected to it, the court permitted the payment and instructed the man to count the coins in the court and make packs of Rs 1,000 coins each. The next day, the advocate of the man said that the coins were packed in seven sacks.