K. Shankar v. Lakshmi Priya
Case brief
What is this about?
Short procedural order of the Madras High Court dated 05-01-2026 by Justice P.T. Asha in CRP No. 592 of 2025 and CMP No. 3352 of 2025 (K. Shankar v. Lakshmi Priya and minor son S Sarvesh). Keywords: non-payment of maintenance; HMOP (Hindu Marriage Original Petition) stalled by order conditioning progress on maintenance payment; fetter on Judicial Officer; direction to respondent/wife to file recall application; posting after recall petition numbered; Registry to print petitioner's name in cause list; caveat (T Mathi as counsel for caveator); petitioner's counsel Sivakumar V. and A Asrapddin. No statutes, no precedents, and no quantum of maintenance stated in the text.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued: the respondent is to file the necessary application for recalling the portion of the earlier order that bars proceeding with the HMOP until maintenance is paid; the matter is to be posted after the recall petition is numbered; and the Registry is to print the petitioner's name in the cause list while listing the matter. The revision petition itself was not finally decided at this sitting.