SWARANA KANTA SHARMA
Ateet Jain – Appellant
Versus
Chhavi Jain – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma, J.—The present revision petition has been filed by the petitioner-husband, assailing the order dated 31.10.2023 [hereafter „impugned order ], passed by the learned ASJ-05, Central District, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Sessions Court ] vide which the appeal filed by the petitioner under Section 29 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [hereafter „PWDV Act ] was dismissed, and the order dated 22.10.2021, passed by the learned MM-03, Mahila Court, Central, Tis Hazari Courts [hereafter „Magistrate ] was upheld.
Factual Background
2. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner-husband and the respondent-wife were married on 26.09.2014, according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. No child was born from the wedlock. Owing to differences between the parties, the respondent-wife left the matrimonial home and filed an application under Section 12 of the PWDV Act along with an application under Section 23 of the PWDV Act, inter alia, alleging that she had been subjected to sexual, verbal, emotional and economic harassment, as well as harassment on account of dowry demands. Reply to the said application was thereafter filed by
(1) Domestic violence and ouster from matrimonial home – Unlike Section 125(4) of Cr.P.C., there is no express statutory bar under PWDV Act disentitling a woman from seeking reliefs merely on allegat....
Interim maintenance under the PWDV Act cannot be denied based solely on unproven allegations of adultery; status as an aggrieved person remains intact at the interim stage.
Unproven allegations of adultery do not disqualify a wife from receiving interim maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the entitlement to relief under the PWDV Act based on the finding of a domestic relationship, and the permissibility of adjustment of maintenance a....
The court must evaluate maintenance claims based on financial capacity and standard of living, rather than equalization of wealth post-separation.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the importance of actual earnings, standard of living, and liabilities in determining the maintenance amount under the Protection of Women from Dom....
Point of law: Maintenance – Adultery - When piea of adultery is taken it is a serious defence of the respondent. If he failed to prove that particular aspect, then it amounts to character assassinati....
The duty of a husband to provide maintenance to the wife exists unless exceptions under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C. are proven. Grounds of cruelty, adultery, and desertion do not disentitle the wife f....
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