Bombay, mother lives in Bangalore and she is working. Is also an admitted fact that towards the school expenditure of the boy so far nothing has been contributed by the father. It is the case of the father that in between he has been paying an amount of Rs.10,000/- to the mother. According to the learned counsel for the mother, till now father has paid around Rs.40,000 to Rs.50,000/-. As of now the boy’s age is 3½ years old and when the boy is not staying with the father from the age of one, giving overnight custody of the boy to the father at this age may not be appropriate unless and until he develops bonding with the father. Coming to the responsibility of the father, both the applications filed by the mother and the father for the maintenance of the boy, residence orders and also the visitation are pending before the trial court. This is an MC of the year 2022. When the father is very much interested to meet the boy, it is his responsibility also to take care of the child. When applications for interim maintenance were filed, the trial court ought to have decided those matters at an earliest point of time i.e., immediately after service of notice to the other side. When an application is filed, the court has to decide the same within a reasonable time. In spite of repeated orders on
