JUDGMENT :

JAY SENGUPTA, J.

1. Re: CRAN/01/2021 – Condonation of Delay

2. In view of the explanation provided on behalf of the petitioner and after hearing the learned counsels appearing for the parties, I condone the delay of 176 days in preferring the revision petition.

3. Accordingly, CRAN/01/2021 is allowed.

4. Re: CRR/11/2021 – Revision Petition

5. This application is directed against the judgment and order dated 21st December, 2020 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Port Blair in Misc. Case No.42 of 2018 under section 125 of the Code. A sum of Rs.7500/-was awarded as maintenance allowance per month to the present opposite party with effect from the date of application i.e. 21.06.2018.

6. Mr. Chezian, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner-husband, submits as follows. In her cross-examination, the opposite party-wife admitted that she had filed a suit for divorce. The son of the couple was a student of graduation. The husband was paying his hostel charges. The wife further admitted that she had a furniture business. However, she claimed that she had prayed for suspension of license for the furniture business that once ran with four