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2025 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 18081
KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI, J
SMT. SWETHA C – Appellant
Versus
SRI RAJESH MOHAN @ RAJESH – Respondent
REV.PET FAMILY COURT NO.204 OF 2025
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SMT. NIRMALA K.
For the Respondents:
Revision petitions under Family Courts Act can be converted to writ petitions if maintainability objections arise.
Headnote:This matter involves a revision petition against an interim order from a Family Court concerning maintenance, under Section 19(4) of the Family Courts Act, 1984. The petitioners filed a memo to convert the revision petition into a writ petition. The court sustained the objection regarding maintainability and allowed the conversion, leading to the dismissal of the petition for statistical purposes.
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| 1. petition filed against maintenance order. (Para 1) |
| 2. court sustains objection regarding maintainability. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 3. petition converted to writ, disposed off. (Para 4 , 5) |
ORAL ORDER
1. The revision petition is filed against an interim order of maintenance dated 12.05.2025 passed by the court below in Criminal Misc.No.452/2020.
2. Office has raised an objection with regard to the maintainability that in view of Section 19(4) of the Family Courts Act , 1984, the revision petition is not maintainable.
3. The said office objection is sustained. A memo is filed Court today seeking to convert the revision petition into a writ petition. The memo is taken on record.
4. The petitioners are permitted to convert the revision petition into a writ petition within a period of one week from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.
5. Accordingly, the RPFC is disposed off for statistical purposes.
