while allowing the respondent to make the payment of arrears of maintenance in 10 equal installments. When the respondent failed to make payment, the petitioner filed the misc. case in which a notice was issued to respondent who entered his appearance and handed over a cheque of Rs. 24,200/- in the court itself. The misc. case was continued in which the respondent was required to make payment of rest amount to the petitioner but the respondent did not make payment of the balance amount. In the said misc. case, the petitioner filed an application on 28.03.2019 to increase the amount of maintenance. The petitioner has been appearing in the case on each and every date and on 21.01.2020, the petitioner filed her attendance and made prayer that respondent was knowingly not appearing in this case whereas respondent was making appearance in another case before the court. Accepting the prayer of the petitioner, the petitioner was directed to file notice. However, in the meantime, Covid-19 intervened and the functioning of the court got hampered. During this period, all of sudden, the misc. case was dismissed on 18.09.2021 due to nonprosecution and for non-compliance of the order passed by the learned Family Court. Learned counsel further submits that the learned Family Court has not considered the fact about it was a
