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The judge noted that the wife played an important role in managing the household, looking after the children, cooking, cleaning, and managing day-to-day family affairs..
Madras High Court on Monday ruled that a wife is entitled to equal share in the property bought by her husband and said the many roles played by her cannot be less equated with the 8-hour job of the husband..
Woman being a homemaker, though she did not make any direct financial contribution, she played a vital role in managing the household chores by looking after the children, cooking, cleaning and managing day-to-day affairs of the family without giving any inconvenience to the plaintiff who had gone abroad for work, the judge said.. "And moreover, she sacrificed her dreams and spent her entire life towards the family and children," the court noted...
A wife, being a homemaker performs many tasks-- a Manager, Chef, "Home Doctor" and also "Home Economist" with financial skills, the judge said.. "Therefore, by performing these skills, a wife makes the home as a comfortable environment and her contribution towards the family, and certainly it is not a valueless job, but it is a job doing for 24 hours without holidays, which cannot be less equated with that of the job of an earning husband who works only for 8 hours," he said...
When the husband and wife are treated as two wheels of a family cart, then the contribution made either by the husband by earning or the wife by serving and looking after the family and children, would be for the welfare of the family and both are entitled equally to whatever they earned by their joint effort, the court added...
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