Dismissed

Suman v. Union of India and Others

Delhi HC12 Sept 2024W.P.(C)/9626/2023

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What is this about?

Writ petition seeking direction to Army authorities to release maintenance from an army officer's salary for a past period. After a Part II order recognized the petitioner as the legally wedded wife, the petition was not pressed and dismissed with liberty to seek maintenance through other remedies.

What did the court decide?

Petition dismissed as not pressed; liberty to avail other appropriate remedies to claim maintenance.

Suman Vs Union of India and Others — Maintenance and Alimony | Delhi HC (2024)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 9626/2023 SUMAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Sudhir Ahlawat, Ms.Nitya Sharma, Mr.M.K.Raghav Raman & Mr.Jasmine Sheikh, Advs. along with petitioner in person.

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versus

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UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Respondents Through: Mr.Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, CGSC with .... Adv. for R-1, 2, 4 & 5 Mr.Abhimanyu, Adv. for R-3 Major Anish Muralidhar.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA PALLI HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR O R D E R % 12.09.2024

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The petitioner, who claims to be the legally wedded wife of respondent no.3, has approached this Court seeking a direction to the Army Authorities to grant/release her maintenance from the salary of respondent no. 3 for the period between 08.04.2019 to 31.07.2020.

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After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since a Part II order recognizing the petitioner as the legally wedded wife of respondent no.3 has been issued by the respondents on 16.08.2022, the petitioner instead of pressing the present petition will avail of other appropriate remedies to claim maintenance from her estranged husband/respondent no.3.

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As prayed for, the petition is dismissed as not pressed with liberty to

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 03/07/2025 at 22:15:00

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the petitioner to avail of other appropriate remedies to claim maintenance from her estranged husband as per law, making it clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the rival claims of the parties.

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REKHA PALLI, J

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SHALINDER KAUR, J

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 kk

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Suman v. Union of India and Others

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