Shashank Ajit Mahajan v. Akshata Shashank Mahajan
Case brief
What is this about?
Child maintenance Rs. 50,000/- per month; Article 227 writ petition; Family Court Mumbai; Petition No. A-2137 of 2021; Exhibit 13; wife's maintenance prayer rejected; wife's income Rs. 45,000/-; husband's salary Rs. 2,88,500/-; parents pensioners (BMC and ESIC retirements); EMI of flat at Thakur Village, Kandivali (East); no interference warranted; writ petition dismissed; no order as to costs; Madhav J. Jamdar, J.; Writ Petition No. 8452 of 2024; decided 6 February 2026.
What did the court decide?
On perusal of the record, the Petitioner's father has retired from BMC and mother has retired from ESIC and both are getting pension; accordingly the Petitioner's submission regarding payment of flat EMI and the need to look after his parents did not justify interference with the maintenance direction. ¶¶18