VINOD CHATTERJI KOUL
Murti Devi – Appellant
Versus
Balkar Singh – Respondent
ORDER
Petitioners feeling aggrieved of an order dated 07/12/2021 passed by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Kathua, (Revisional Court) have filed the instant petition under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, in which they seek setting aside of the said order, whereby the Revisional Court has set aside the order dated 22.08.2017 of the learned trial Magistrate, i.e., the Court of learned District Judicial Mobile Magistrate (T), Kathua, in terms whereof an interim maintenance of Rs.2,000 and Rs.1,000 in favour of petitioner nos.1 and 2 respectively has been granted.
2. Heard learned counsel for both the parties at length and also perused the file.
3. The grounds on which the order impugned passed by the Revisional Court is challenged and sought to be set aside are that; (i) the said order is contrary to the facts of the case and law on the point; (ii) the Court of learned Sessions Judge, Kathua has miserably failed to appreciate the evidence placed on record; (iii) the Revisional Court has not considered the law as settled by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case titled Chanmuniya vs. Virendera Kumar Singh Kushwaha (2011 SCC 141), wherein it has been held that, the provi
Chanmuniya vs. Virendera Kumar Singh Kushwaha (2011 SCC 141). (Para 3) – Relied.
Santaben Sona Bhai vs. State of Gujrat (2005 (3) SCC 636. (Para 3) – Relied.
Relationship between parties as husband and wife imposes obligation on both to live together with each other as they were living as husband and wife and if they are living together as husband and wif....
(1) Right to get maintenance embodies sacrosanct principles of social justice.(2) Liability to maintain is continuous, enforceable, and insulated from considerations of proprietary holdings, flowing ....
Broad and expansive interpretation should be given to the term 'wife' to include even those cases where a man and woman have been living together as husband and wife for a reasonably long period of t....
The court reaffirmed the importance of maintaining a wife's dignity through established financial support post-separation, emphasizing the husband's legal obligations under Section 125 Cr.P.C.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the purpose of section 125 of Cr.P.C. is to prevent vagrancy and destitution, and it is a measure of social justice to protect women and child....
The central legal point established in the judgment is the obligation of the husband to provide maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. to prevent destitution and support the wife and children.
Maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. ensures women's rights to sustenance, prioritizing dignity and status over fault in marital disputes.
Section 125 of Cr.P.C. mandates maintenance to protect the dignity and rights of women and children abandoned by husbands.
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