High Court dismissed criminal revision challenging interim maintenance order under DV Act finding no valid reason for non-payment given applicant's family financial situation.
Maintenance order confirmed; applicant directed to furnish address within 24 hours.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
KVM
1/5
905 - REVN 312 OF 2023.doc
KANCHANVINODMAYEKAR Digitally signed by KANCHANVINOD MAYEKARDate: 2023.12.18 19:18:38+0530
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 312 OF 2023
Prashant Deepak Malandkar
….. Applicant
VERSUS
Disha Prashant Malandkar & Anr.
….. Respondents
Mr.Arsh Misra, i/b. Ms.Khushboo Agarwal for the Applicant. Ms.M.R.Tidke, APP for the State.
Mr.Vaibhav Parab a/w. Mr.Saurabh S.More for the Respondent No.1.
CORAM: RAJESH S. PATIL, J.
DATE : 5th DECEMBER, 2023
P.C. :-
This criminal revision application, challenges the interim maintenance order passed by the 18th Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Girgaon, Mumbai in C.C. No. 31/DV/2019 and the order as confirmed by the Sessions Court dated 6 March, 2023 passed in Appeal No. 273 of 2022.
2022 restrained the applicant from committing any kind of domestic violence to the original complainant (respondent no.1 in the present proceedings) and also directed the applicant to pay Rs.20,000/- per
KVM
2/5
905 - REVN 312 OF 2023.doc
month to the complainant towards alternate accommodation.
the backside of the shop premises where she is running her business of parlour.
KVM
3/5
905 - REVN 312 OF 2023.doc
present applicant was working in the Government Press at Charni Road.
KVM
4/5
905 - REVN 312 OF 2023.doc
Court that as far as the proceedings of the sister of the applicant is concerned, the arrears in the maintenance proceedings was Rs.20,00,000/-, out of which a sum of Rs.17,00,000/- has already been paid to the sister of the applicant and only an outstanding amount of around Rs. 2 lacs to Rs.3 lacs is still pending.
KVM
905 - REVN 312 OF 2023.doc
5/5
cost.
[RAJESH S. PATIL, J.]
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the High Court should interfere with the interim maintenance order restraining the applicant from domestic violence and directing monthly alternate accommodation payment.
Prashant Deepak Malandkar
Disha Prashant Malandkar
RAJESH S. PATIL
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
