S. Sheela Pallavi v. S. Raghunath
Case brief
What is this about?
Telangana High Court; E.V. Venugopal, J.; Crl.R.C.Nos.237 and 103 of 2023; Crl.A.No.122 of 2017; D.V.C.No.144 of 2012; IV Metropolitan Magistrate (Traffic Mobile Court) Hyderabad; V Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Hyderabad; maintenance reduction Rs.30,000 to Rs.25,000 per month; compensation reduction Rs.5,00,000 to Rs.2,00,000; domestic violence case; wife and daughter maintenance; Section 498-A IPC complaint; husband arrested 12.10.2008; interim maintenance Rs.15,000 per month; criminal revision disposed with modification; Protection of women domestic violence quantum; arrears accumulated; husband loss of job plea.
What did the court decide?
Both Criminal Revision Cases disposed of with modification: monthly maintenance reduced from Rs.30,000/- to Rs.25,000/- payable to the wife within the period fixed from receipt of a copy of the order; compensation reduced from Rs.5,00,000/- to Rs.2,00,000/- payable to the wife within six months from receipt of a copy of the order; except these modifications the first appellate Court's judgment remains intact; miscellaneous petitions, pending if any, stand closed.