India, Sept. 20 -- The Kerala High Court slammed a blind beggar who had married twice under Muslim personal law and was allegedly threatening his second wife he would marry again. The court said that he cannot marry twice or thrice if he had no capacity to mantain the wives.

The observation was made by Justice P V Kunhikrishnan when a 39-year-old woman, who claimed to be the man's second wife, approached the court seeking a monthly maintenance of Rs.10,000 from her husband, who survives by begging.

According to the petitioner, the 46-year-old man currently lives with his first wife in Kumbadi and reportedly survives by begging, but was still threatening to take a third wife.

The court satirically referred to a Malayalam phrase implying...