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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 19.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 04.04.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 04.04.2026 + CRL.M.C. 6628/2022 & CRL.M.A. 25818/2022 DINESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: None.

versus NEETI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vikram Saini, Adv. along with respondent no. 1.

+ CRL.M.C. 3998/2023 NEETI .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner with her counsel Mr.

Vikram Saini, Adv.

versus DINESH KUMAR .....Respondent Through: None.

CORAM:

HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

JUDGMENT

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J

1. These cross-petitions preferred by the husband and the wife against a common order are being disposed of by way of this common judgment.

2. In these petitions, the parties have challenged the judgment dated 17.10.2022 [hereafter „impugned judgment‟] passed by the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, North West, Rohini Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Appellate Court‟], in Crl. Appeal No. 02/2022 filed under Section 29 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [hereafter „PWDV Act‟]. By way of the impugned judgment, the learned Appellate Court awarded total interim maintenance in the sum of ₹13,000/- to the