Shashi Kumar N v. Smt Anusha v N
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court division bench judgment (16-06-2026), MFA No. 8168 of 2025 (FC), Shashi Kumar N v. Smt Anusha V N: miscellaneous first appeal under Section 19(1) Family Court Act challenging only the quantum of maintenance fixed in a dissolution decree under Section 13(1)(v) Hindu Marriage Act 1955 (MC No. 6418/2022, I Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Bangalore), where the wife tested HIV+ve on 24.09.2022 and the Family Court found no fraud/suppression but answered the venereal-disease issue affirmatively; Division Bench reduced the wife's maintenance from Rs.10,000 to Rs.5,000 per month and retained Rs.10,000 per month for the minor daughter, effective from 16.06.2023; appeal disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed of with modification of the Family Court's maintenance order: appellant to pay Rs.10,000 per month to the minor daughter and Rs.5,000 per month to the respondent-wife from the date of I.A.No.VII, i.e., 16.06.2023. The dissolution decree itself was not disturbed.