Metropolitan Magistrate Vandana in a recently delivered order asked Khurshid Alam, who directed the teleserial "Mehmood Ghaznavi" telecast by Doordarshan, Srinagar, to pay a monthly maintenance to his wife.u00a0The court turned down Alam's plea that he could not be tried in a court here as he was a native of Jammu and Kashmir. The court found that Alam had a property in Malviya Nagar in south Delhi.

Alam's wife alleged that he denied her maintenance claiming that he had divorced her under the Muslim personal law, and under that law she was not entitled to any alimony.u00a0Alam told the court that he had no source of income since June 2003 as he was unable to work due to various ailments.u00a0He contended that he was a permanent resident of Jammu and Kashmir and the court in delhi had no jurisdiction to entertain the present petition.