Bhimappa S/o Basappa Siddapur @ Janamatti vs Seetavva W/o Bhimappa Siddapur @ Janamatti

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2025 Supreme(Kar) 1017

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT DHARWAD BENCH
G.BASAVARAJA
Bhimappa S/o Basappa Siddapur @ Janamatti – Appellant
Versus
Seetavva W/o Bhimappa Siddapur @ Janamatti – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Shashank S. Hegde

ORDER :

1. The petitioner in this revision petition is challenging the order dated 13^th February, 2025 passed in Criminal Miscellaneous No.83 of 2022 by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Bagalkot (for short “the Family Court”).

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties in this revision petition are referred to as per their rank before the Family Court.

3. The brief facts leading to this revision `petition are that, the petitioner-Seetavva filed petition under Section 127 of Code of Criminal Procedure seeking enhancement of maintenance. It is stated in the petition that the petitioner has filed Criminal Miscellaneous No.45 of 1996 seeking maintenance for herself and her daughter-Sridevi and vide order dated 09^th October, 1997, Rs.300/- was awarded as maintenance. The respondent has not properly paid the maintenance; she has raised loan and got married her daughter; now she is suffering from health issues and the maintenance amount of Rs.300/- is very meager and her expenses have increased and the price of household articles have also become multifold. It is stated that the respondent-husband retired as First Division Assistant from the office of Executive Officer, Krishna Bhagya J