Kamal Ghorui
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked cricketer Mohammad Shami to respond to transfer petitions filed by his estranged wife, who wants multiple cases — including one related to domestic violence — shifted from West Bengal to Delhi.A bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Manmohan agreed to hear two separate transfer pleas filed by Shami’s wife. The court issued notice to the respondents, including Shami, and sought their replies. The matter has been listed for hearing after four weeks.The transfer petitions were filed in the apex court through advocate Deepak Prakash.On November 7 last year, the top court had also issued notice to Shami on another plea by his estranged wife seeking enhancement of interim maintenance for herself and their minor daughter.In that petition, she challenged two orders passed on July 1 and August 25 last year by the Calcutta high court. The high court had raised the interim maintenance to Rs 1.5 lakh per month for the spouse and Rs 2.5 lakh per month for their daughter. It also allowed the cricketer to clear pending dues in eight monthly instalments.In 2018, Shami’s wife filed an FIR at a police station in Kolkata, alleging domestic violence, which later resulted in a chargesheet against him.She later approached a court under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act seeking interim maintenance.
