Ajit Vinayak Desai v. Pranita Ajit Desai
Case brief
What is this about?
Delay condonation IA 16233/2024 with Review Petition 154/2024, Bombay High Court, Rajesh S. Patil J.; challenge to order dt 12-04-2024 in WP 10371/2022 directing deposit of Rs 5,90,000 with Family Court Pune; daughter's maintenance Rs 20,000 pm from 17-09-2022 per Family Court order dt 01-06-2022; no maintenance to wife; separation 26-02-2022; adjustment of school fees rejected as malafide; arrears computed Rs 7,20,000; cost Rs 5,00,000 for frivolous application; fixed deposit in joint account with daughter; compliance listing 15-04-2025; husband's net salary Rs 1,50,000 pm; parties Ajit Vinayak Desai v Pranita Ajit Desai; advocate Amol B. Jagtap for petitioner, respondent unrepresented; no statutes or precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
The Court rejected the husband's contention that school fees and similar amounts already paid should be adjusted against the Rs.20,000/- per month maintenance, observing that the argument smacks of malafides.