Puneet Solanki v. Nidhi Solanki — CRL.M.C. 986/2021 & CRL.M.C. 1548/2021 (High Court of Delhi, Neena Bansal Krishna, J.; decided 05.03.2025). Common order disposing of two Section 482 Cr.P.C. petitions: (i) against the learned M.M.'s order dated 09.02.2021 granting the Respondent interim maintenance of Rs.1 lakh per month in her application under Section 23 read with Section 23 & 20(3) of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005; and (ii) against the Orders dated 01.07.2021 and 09.07.2021 in the Execution Proceedings (Execution No.70/2020) dismissing the Petitioner's objections to realisation of that maintenance. Petitioner's grounds of challenge: final relief of maintenance granted at the initial stage without considering his Reply; his dependent parents overlooked despite his Income Affidavit; Rs.84 lakhs (including Rs.44 lakhs from his mother) transferred to the Respondent's account; Respondent's bank deposits of more than Rs.34 lakhs as on 29.11.2019, Bonds worth Rs.50 lakhs and Rs.6 lakhs yearly interest not considered; expenses claimed by the Respondent hypothetical and inflated; gross income (average Rs.5 lakhs) treated as net income and 50% thereof granted as interim maintenance. Reliance placed by the Petitioner on Bharat Hegde vs. Saroj Hegde, 140 (2007) DLT 16; Alok Kumar Jain vs. Purnima Jain, 2007 (96) DRJ 115; and Kusum Sharma vs. Mahinder Kumar Sharma, (2020) 271 DLT 232. On specific query, the Petitioner disclosed he works as a Pilot in Air India earning about Rs.5 lakhs per month on average, and that the Respondent has worked as a Government teacher since August, 2022 earning Rs.71,000/- per month. Counsel for the Petitioner conceded that the contentions raised may be considered by the learned M.M. at the time of disposal of the final petition. Held: the petitions, along with the Execution Petition which already stands satisfied, are disposed of with the observation that the contentions raised shall be considered by the learned M.M. at the time of final disposal of the Petition.
