Hearing the maintenance suit filed by the woman, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Rashmi Nanda yesterday asked the 70-year-old retired school teacher to pay Rs 5,000 every month to his wife.
The woman had filed a maintenance suit in September last year alleging negligence on the part of her husband, who is a pensioner and owns 21 bigha agricultural land.
The couple, married for 48 years, have three sons and a daughter.