Sageer Ahmad Alias Babbu v. Smt Tarranum
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal Revision No. 27 of 1993, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, decided 25.8.2023 by Umesh Chandra Sharma, J. Revision by Sageer Ahmad Alias Babbu against maintenance order dated 8.12.1992 under Section 125 Cr.P.C. directing payment of Rs. 300/- per month to his minor daughters at the instance of Smt Tarranum. Held: maintenance of minor children is the father's legal and pious duty; daughters had no proved sufficient means; impugned order factually and legally correct, no perversity or illegality; revision dismissed. Obiter: wife entitled to maintenance from date of presentation of application even after talaq (point not before the Court). Keywords: Section 125 CrPC, maintenance, minor children, talaq, father's duty, dismissal.
What did the court decide?
The children were minor on the date the application under Section 125 Cr.P.C. was moved; it was therefore the legal and pious duty of the father to maintain them.