This High Court dismissed a Criminal Original Petition seeking to quash a revisional order that reduced monthly maintenance awarded to the respondent wife. The court found no illegality in the order modifying the previous award.
The Criminal Original Petition is dismissed and the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 07.06.2019
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH
Crl.O.P.No.11156 of 2015 and M.P.No.1 of 2015
Jayaraman ...Petitioner
-Vs-
Vasugidevi ... Respondent
Prayer: Criminal Original petition filed under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, to set aside the order dated 05.08.2014 in Crl.R.C.No.7 of 2012, by the Principal Sessions Judge, Krishnagiri partly modifying the order dated 07.03.2013 in M.C.No.2 of 2011 of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Krishnagiri.
This petition has been filed challenging the order passed in Crl.R.C.No.7 of 2012 wherein the revisional Court has modified the order passed in M.C.No.2 of 2011 and has reduced the monthly maintenance awarded to the respondent from Rs.4000/- to Rs.2000/- and had directed the petitioner to pay the arrears of maintenance at the rate of Rs.2000/- from the date of filing of the petition.
2.Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and gone through the materials available on record.
3.The revisional Court has given sufficient reasons to fix the maintenance amount in favour of the respondent's wife and in fact it has reduced the monthly maintenance from Rs.4000/- to Rs.2000/- per month. This Court does not find any illegality or infirmity in the order passed by the Court below requiring interference.
4.In the result, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed. Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.
Assistant Registrar(CS)
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Crl.O.P.No.11156 of 2015
A.SK(10/07/2019)
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the High Court should interfere with the revisional order that reduced monthly maintenance from Rs.4000 to Rs.2000.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Jayaraman
Vasugidevi
N. Anand Venkatesh
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