Case brief
What is this about?
Interim maintenance reduction; Article 227 writ petition against Family Court interim maintenance order; M.C.No.3337/2020; I.A.No.V; order dated 07.08.2023 modified; maintenance reduced from Rs.10,000/- to Rs.7,500/- per month; petitioner auto driver earning about Rs.12,000/- per month; respondent wife doing tailoring and part-time teaching; Home Guard selection in Police Department unproved; minor daughter's education expenses Rs.40,000/- sought; respondent served but unrepresented and did not contest; WP No. 21301 of 2023 (GM-FC); High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; Dr. Justice Chillakur Sumalatha; decision dated 05.02.2026; NC: 2026:KHC:6983.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of by modifying the impugned order dated 07.08.2023 passed on I.A.No.V in M.C.No.3337/2020 by the IV Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Bangalore; interim maintenance reduced from Rs.10,000/- to Rs.7,500/- per month, payable from the date of filing of I.A.No.V until further orders by the Family Court.