Sri. H. N. Naresh Kumar v. Smt. Jyothi Lakshmi. M
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka writ petition seeking certiorari against a Family Court (Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Bengaluru) order passed in a dissolution-of-marriage proceeding between husband and wife. Key concepts: interim maintenance to wife while residing in the same house with husband who provides food and basic necessities; maintenance awarded for a daughter although no such claim was made; reduction/modification of maintenance awarded by Family Court; litigation expenses; clearing of arrears within three months; liberty to wife to seek child maintenance separately. Suitable for research on quantum of interim maintenance where spouses cohabit. Note: amounts, dates, case number, bench and counsel names are not recoverable from the corrupted source text.
What did the court decide?
Impugned Family Court order modified in toto: petitioner husband directed to pay respondent wife a monthly sum towards interim maintenance from the date of the petition filed for grant of such relief, until further orders of the Family Court; petitioner husband also to pay litigation expenses to the extent ordered by the Family Court; all arrears to be cleared within three months; with a clarification that the order does not prevent the wife from claiming maintenance for the daughter by filing a separate application if such necessity arises.