A 37-year-old taxi driver in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu entered a family court in the region with two bags filled with coins of denominations Rs.1 and Rs.2 totalling to eighty thousand rupees. The incident was reported on December 18 when the man was acting on a court order of providing Rs.2 lakh alimony to his estranged wife.
In a divorce case, the man appeared at the court with the heavy bags of coins.
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Tamil Nadu: In a Coimbatore divorce case, the judge ordered the husband to pay two lakh rupees as alimony. Instead, he brought 20 bundles of one and two rupee coins. The judge advised him to exchange them for notes and adjourned the case. The husband then took the coins and left pic.twitter.com/j0SvhMPK6n
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Tamil Nadu man brings Rs.80,000 in coins to family court
A video posted by news agency IANS showed the man walking in the court premises with his currency-filled bags, only to learn that the coins were not accepted and asked to be exchanged with notes. The judge asked the man to exchange the coins and submit notes of required alimony payment. The case was adjourned, making the man leave the court for an exchange.
The visuals recorded him returning to his car with his money bags and placing them back into it. Without much delay, he paid the amount in notes the next day.
It was learned that the man was expected to pay two lakh rupees to his former wife in the divorce case. As he carried Rs.80,000 to the court recently, the judge further ordered him to settle the remaining amount soon.
The details about the divorce case of this taxi driver and owner are unknown, but it is stated that the case was filed last year.
Netizens react
As the video of this incident circulated online, netizens reacted to how the man stepped into court to pay in coins. People found it a little derogatory to pay the alimony money to estranged wife in coins.
“See how the man disgraced himself, his family ,upbringing, his marriage and that women who shared life with him. Disgust humiliation”, one wrote. “Very good these ladies should be given money like this only”, wrote another.
“R.B.I should intervene to declare these are valid for payment mode”, read a comment on a lighthearted note.
