Delhi's Saket District Court has ordered a woman to pay Rs 15 lakh to her ex-husband for defaming him and for malicious and false litigation. District Judge Sunil Beniwal passed the order and held that the acts of the woman caused injury to her ex-husband and hampered his professional growth.

"The defendant (ex-wife) is directed to pay damages of Rs 15 lakh to the plaintiff (man) on the ground of defamation, naming libel, and damage caused to the plaintiff being a direct consequence of the action of the defendant," the district judge said in the judgment passed on July 29.