PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT
Harbans Singh Rai, J.
Darshan Singh - Petitioner
Versus
Maninder Kaur - Respondent
Criminal Revision No. 1115 of 1985.
Decided On : 18 August, 1987
Maintenance - Divorce - The court allowed the revision petition filed by the husband, setting aside the order for maintenance payable to the wife, as the parties were no longer husband and wife due to a mutual consent divorce, and the wife had foregone her claim to maintenance.
Fact of the Case:
The wife filed for maintenance under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, alleging maltreatment by the husband and being turned out of the house. The lower court dismissed the application, but the Additional Sessions Judge allowed it, fixing maintenance at Rs. 150 per month. The husband filed a revision petition against this order.
Finding of the Court:
The court allowed the revision petition based on the mutual consent divorce obtained by the parties, stating that the wife was not entitled to maintenance as there was no longer a relationship of husband and wife, and she had foregone her claim to maintenance.
Issues: The main issue was the entitlement of the wife to maintenance after a mutual consent divorce and her statement forgoing the claim to maintenance.
Ratio Decidendi: The court's decision was influenced by the fact that the parties were no longer husband and wife due to the mutual consent divorce, and the wife had explicitly stated that she was not entitled to maintenance.
Final Decision: The court allowed the revision petition and set aside the order for maintenance payable by the husband to the wife.
Harbans Singh Rai, J. - Darshan Singh has filed this revision petition against the order passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana, fixing Rs. 150/- per month as maintenance payable by him to his wife Maninder Kaur. Briefly the facts are that Maninder Kaur respondent had filed an application for maintenance under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against Darshan Singh petitioner on the ground that they were married 1-1/2 years prior to filing of the application and after marriage Darshan Singh started maltreating her and has turned her out of the house. The allegations were denied by Darshan Singh.
2. The learned Judicial Magistrate dismissed the application vide his order dated 13. 2. 1984. Feeling aggrieved, Maninder Kaur filed a revision in the Court of Additional Sessions Judge, who vide his order dated 16. 5. 1985, allowed the application and fixed Rs. 150/- per month as maintenance payable by Darshan Singh to Maninder Kaur. Darshan Singh feeling aggrieved has come up in revision to this Court.
3. Mr. Yogesh Kumar Sharma, the learned counsel for the petitioner, as stated that the parties are no more husband and wife and a decree of divorce by mutual consent has been obtained. So here being no relationship of husband and wife, Maninder Kaur is not entitled to any maintenance He has further submitted that Maninder Kaur vide her own statement in the divorce petition has foregone her claim to maintenance and in view of this, this petition may be allowed.
4. Mr. M. S. Bedi, Advocate, appearing for Maninder Kaur, has confirmed the statement of Mr. Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Advocate, and has conceded that Maninder Kaur as per her statement is not entitled to any maintenance, and he has no objection if the petition is allowed.
5. In view of the statement made by the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is allowed and the order of Additional Session Judge dated 16. 5. 1995 fixing Rs. 150/- per month as maintenance payable by Darshan Singh to Maninder Kaur is set aside.
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