INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CHENNAI: The Madras high court has held that women who are homemakers are entitled to an equal share of property purchased from the income
She thereby frees her husband for his economic activities
Justice Krishnan Ramasamy said.The judge said a wife as homemaker multitasks, like amanager, planning, organising, budgeting, running
As a chef with culinary skills, she prepares food, designs menus and manages kitchen inventory
A wife is also a home doctor, taking precautions and giving homemade remedies to the family
using these skills, the judge said, a wife makes the home a comfortable environment and her contribution to the family is certainly not
It is a 24-hour job without holidays, which cannot be less than the job of an earning husband who works only for eight hours, the judge
man contending that his wife has no right over the property purchased out of money he had earned through his employment abroad.
