New Delhi, July 2 -- The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami to pay Rs 1.5 lakh per month interim maintenance to his estranged wife Hasin Jahan and a sum of Rs 2.5 lakh towards the care and expenses of their minor daughter.

A Bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee was hearing an appeal filed by Hasin Jahan challenging a decision of the Alipore Sessions Judge who had directed Mohammed Shami to pay Rs 50 thousand per month to Hasin Jahan and Rs 80 thousand to their daughter towards interim monetary relief.

Appeal filed by Hasin Jahan

The appeal filed by Hasin Jahan contended that Alipore's Sessions judge "mechanically" granted "inadequate and insufficient" interim relief when she has a meagre monthly inc...