Priya Ranjan Kumar @ Priya Ranjan v. Hemlata Kumari
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 125 Cr.P.C. maintenance to wife and minor daughter; wife residing separately with sufficient cause; husband's plea of wilful desertion failed for want of evidence; non-appearance of husband before Family Court; quantum assessed against contractual teacher's salary of Rs. 40,000/- p.m.; Rs. 8,000/- p.m. maintenance upheld; payment of arrears in 10 equal monthly installments with recovery-at-once clause on continuing default; condonation of 79 days' delay; Patna High Court criminal revision; Family Court Khagaria; Maintenance Case No. 01M/2020; order dated 18.10.2023.
What did the court decide?
Delay of 79 days in filing the revision application condoned; the criminal revision petition dismissed, upholding the Family Court's order awarding Rs. 8,000/- per month maintenance from the date of the Section 125 application; arrears directed to be paid in 10 equal monthly installments, with the entire amount recoverable at once upon continuing default on two occasions.