$~107 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 56/2026 PRATEESH AGGARWAL .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Malavika Rajkotia, Ms.

Aashna Talwar and Ms. Purva Dua, Advocates versus PRIYANKA KASHYAP .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vikas Arora, Ms. Radhika Arora and Ms. Rashi Priya, Advocates alongwith respondent CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

O R D E R

% 02.02.2026 CRL.M.As. 3490-92/2026 (for exemptions)

Exemptions allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

The applications stand disposed of.

CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 56/2026 & CRL.M.As. 3488-89/2026

1. The petitioner-husband assails an order dated 19.12.2025, passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, by which the Family Court disposed of an application filed by the respondent-wife under Section 144(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The Family Court directed payment of maintenance of Rs.5,00,000/- per month with arrears commencing from August 2024, after adjustment of ad-interim maintenance of Rs.1,00,000/- per month paid, by virtue of order dated 04.10.2024.

2. Mr. Vikas Arora, learned counsel for the respondent, who appears on advance notice, submits that the parties have already been referred to mediation by an order of this Court dated 22.01.2026 in CRL.M.C. 591/2026, and the mediation proceedings are in fact listed before the mediator today at 03:30 PM.

3. Ms. Malavika Rajkotia, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that she was unaware of the aforesaid order. Suffice it to state that the petitioner ought to have informed his counsel of the order in another petition filed by him against the same respondent.

4. I am assured that the parties will make an earnest effort to settle their disputes. However, Ms. Rajkotia submits that an execution petition has been filed by the respondent in respect of the maintenance order, which is coming up for hearing before the Family Court tomorrow, i.e.

03.02.2026.

5. For the present, learned counsel on both sides state, without prejudice to the rights and contentions of the parties, that the following interim arrangements may be made:

a) By virtue of the impugned order, the petitioner is required to deposit arrears, which amount to Rs.70,00,000/- until January 2026. The petitioner will instead deposit a sum of Rs. 35,00,000/-

within four weeks from today before the Family Court.

b) As far as future payments are concerned, the petitioner will pay a sum of Rs.2,50,000/- per month to the respondent, commencing from February 2026. The payment for the month of February 2026 will be made by 10.02.2026, and for each succeeding month will be made by the 10^th day of the month.

c) Subject to the above, execution proceedings shall remain in abeyance until the matter is either resolved in mediation, or further orders are passed in the present petition.

6. It is made clear that that the present order has been passed with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, in a bona fide endeavor to ensure that mediation proceeds in earnest. This order is without prejudice to their rights and contentions in the proceedings.

7. List on 08.04.2026, alongwith CRL.M.C. 591/2026.

PRATEEK JALAN, J FEBRUARY 2, 2026 Dy/AD/