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SURYA KANT, UJJAL BHUYAN
Apurva @ Apurvo Bhuvanbabu Mandal – Appellant
Versus
Dolly – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Leave granted.
2. The appellant-husband has laid challenge to the order dated 12.09.2022, passed by the High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad, whereby the respondent-wife has been granted maintenance at the rate of Rs.1,00,000/-(Rupees One Lakh) per month whereas both the children have been granted maintenance of Rs.50,000/-(Rupees Fifty Thousand) each per month. It may be seen that the Family Court, Surat had previously granted a paltry amount of Rs.6,000/-per month to the wife and Rs.3,000/-per month to each of the children. Thereafter, the aggrieved wife and children approached the High Court through a Revision Application, which was allowed vide the impugned order.
3. While enhancing maintenance, the High Court took notice of the fact that the appellant is a businessman, who owns a diamond factory. The status of the appellant was briefly highlighted, referring to the fact that he had employed a Manager in his office to look after day-to-day affairs. The High Court has also drawn adverse inference against the appellant as he failed to produce income-tax documents, despite admittedly being an income-tax assessee. The appellant, however, for reasons best known to him, did not
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