Nayab Ahmed Vasi Haider Khan v. Neha Fatima Nayab Ahmed Khan
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: interim maintenance; quashed and set aside; Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA); learned Magistrate order dated 16.02.2023; Additional Sessions Judge Thane; PWDVA Appeal No. 47 of 2023; PWDVA Application No. 344 of 2025; Exh.5; maintenance Rs.10,000/- per month; payment of Rs. 2,00,000/- within eight weeks; Rs.1,00,000/- already paid per order dated 25.02.2025; respondent No.1 maintenance; Bombay High Court Writ Petition No. 5124 of 2025; N.R. Borkar, J.; decided 21.04.2026. Relevant for challenges to parallel/interim maintenance directions issued alongside quashal orders in PWDVA appeals and for fixed timelines for fresh adjudication of pending DV applications.
What did the court decide?
Portion of the impugned order directing payment of maintenance at Rs.10,000/- per month quashed and set aside; petitioner to pay Rs. 2,00,000/- to respondent No.1 within eight weeks; learned Magistrate to decide the application at Exh. 5 in PWDVA Application No. 344 of 2025 within ten weeks of receipt of a copy of the order.