ORDER

% 18.07.2024

1.The present petition is filed impugning the order dated 16.10.2023 (hereafter the ‘ impugned order ’), passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Courts, Shahdara, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi in MT No. 536/2021.

2.By way of the impugned order, the learned Family Court in a petition filed by respondent under Section 125 of the CrPC, has directed the petitioner to pay interim maintenance for a sum of ₹25,000/- per month to the respondents, from the date of the filing of the application till the disposal of the maintenance petition.

3.The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner’s livelihood depends on providing yoga lessons and contends that the learned Family Court has incorrectly assessed his monthly income as ₹50,000/-. Consequently, there was no justifiable basis for awarding ₹25,000/- per month as interim maintenance to the respondents.

4.He submits that Respondent No. 1 has falsely claimed that the petitioner operates a Patanjali Yoga Vidya School in Uttarakhand, allegedly earning ₹18 lakhs per annum. He submits that he has not earned any income from the school as no collaboration was established. Additionally