Chi. Dakshith S v. Sri. S Shashikiran
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC Bengaluru, 18-02-2026, WP No. 21561 of 2022 (GM-FC), Dr. Justice Chillakur Sumalatha - certiorari under Articles 226/227 against interim maintenance order on I.A.No.I in O.S.No.158/2021, Prl. Senior Civil Judge & CJM Mandya (suit for maintenance and partition); Rs.5,000/- per month pendente lite to minor son plus Rs.10,000/- litigation expenses; no interim maintenance to wife earning Rs.10,000/- per month as temporary assistant teacher; respondent's gross salary Rs.33,472/-, take home Rs.23,902/-; no material of income from suit schedule properties; no grounds to interfere; writ petition dismissed.
What did the court decide?
This Court does not find any grounds to interfere with the trial Court's finding that petitioner No.1 is entitled to Rs.5,000/- towards interim maintenance and litigation expenses of Rs.10,000/-; the impugned order records that petitioner No.2 earns Rs.10,000/- per month as a temporary assistant teacher and that no material was produced to show respondent No.1 earns anything out of the suit schedule property.