JUDGMENT

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J

1. By way of the present petition, the petitioners are challenging the order dated 25.09.2019 [hereafter „impugned order‟], passed by the learned Family Court, East District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Family Court‟] in CC No. 389/2017, filed under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [hereafter „Cr.P.C.‟], by the petitioners, claiming maintenance from the respondent.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that the petitioner no. 1 is the legally wedded wife of the respondent no. 1. They were engaged to each other on 01.01.1999 and were married on 27.05.2001 in Delhi as per Hindu rites and ceremonies. Out of the said wedlock, two daughters, i.e., petitioner no. 2 and petitioner no. 3, were born on 30.03.2002 and 29.08.2005 respectively. Due to matrimonial discord between the parties, the relationship between them deteriorated and they started living separately. Thereafter, the petitioner, in the year 2016, had filed a petition under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [hereafter „Cr.P.C.‟], inter alia alleging that she and her minor daughters had been neglected and refused maintenance by