Sri.K.S.Shridhar @ Manu @ Rudresh v. Smt.Ishwarya I M @ Janani
Maintainability – Challenge to interlocutory order of Family Court
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru; CRL.P No. 11254 of 2025 (NC: 2025:KHC:31150); decided 12.08.2025 by Sachin Shankar Magadum, J. Petitioner K.S. Shridhar @Manu @ Rudresh challenged an interim maintenance order dated 08.05.2025 in Crl.Misc.No.41/2025 of the Principal Judge, Family Court, Chikmagalur, by petition under S.482 CrPC (S.528 BNSS); respondents were his wife Ishwarya I M @ Janani and minor daughter Rashi K S. Held not maintainable: interlocutory Family Court orders can be challenged only in revision under S.19(4) Family Courts Act, not via inherent jurisdiction; petition dismissed with liberty to seek revision. No precedent discussed; no quantum of maintenance disclosed in the judgment.
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed with liberty reserved to the petitioner to avail the remedy of revision as provided under Section 19(4) of the Family Courts Act.