Sri B Mohan v. Smt Pushpalatha
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC, Bengaluru, 07.07.2025, Lalitha Kanneganti J. WP No. 21767 of 2019 (GM-FC), Art. 227 writ by husband B. Mohan against Family Court (III Addl. Principal Judge) interim maintenance order [Annexure-D], 08.02.2019, IA No.2, Criminal Misc No.627/2017, Sec. 125(1) CrPC 1973, respondents Smt. Pushpalatha (wife, R1) and minor Baby Jahnavi (daughter, R2, represented by mother); counsel T.H. Avin (petitioner), P. Mahadeva Swamy (R1). Petitioner reported deceased; petition dismissed as abated; maintenance question left undecided; no amounts awarded, no precedent engaged. Keywords: abatement on death of petitioner, writ petition abated, interim maintenance challenge, GM-FC.
What did the court decide?
Considering the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is no more, the Court dismissed the writ petition as abated; the prayer to quash the interim maintenance order [Annexure-D] and reject IA No.2 was accordingly not adjudicated.