Raymond Lancy Rodrigues v. Yogita W/O Raymond Rodrigues and Another
Maintenance – Quantum
Case brief
What is this about?
maintenance quantum; reduction of maintenance; criminal revision application; Family Court Nagpur; ex parte proceedings; unchallenged evidence; refusal and neglect by husband; divorce petition transferred by Supreme Court from Karnataka (Karkala) to Nagpur; unpaid settlement Rs.3,000; retired professor; pension Rs.20,000; pay commission increase judicially noted; agricultural income unproved; Rajnesh v. Neha criteria; no straitjacket formula; dependent spouse not reduced to destitution; wife's living expenses; child's education; amounts not excessive or exorbitant; revision dismissed; Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench; Urmila Joshi Phalke; 2026:BHC-NAG:3646
What did the court decide?
None to the applicant; the Family Court maintenance order (Rs.9,000/- p.m. to non-applicant No.1 and Rs.5,000/- p.m. to non-applicant No.2 from 26.09.2013) stands confirmed; pending applications, if any, stand disposed of.