IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

1. CRR(F)-339-2022 (O&M)

Reserved on : 28.07.2025 Pronounced on: 17.09.2025 MINAKSHI GOUR AND ANR ..... Petitioners VERSUS HUNNY GOUR ..... Respondent

2. CRR(F)-367-2021(O&M)

HUNNY GOUR ..... Petitioner VERSUS MINAKSHI GOUR ..... Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Dixit Garg, Advocate for the petitioner(s) in CRR(F)-339-2022 and for the respondent(s) in CRR(F)-367-2021.

Mr. Rajesh Lamba, Advocate for the petitioner(s) in CRR(F)-367-2021 and for the respondent(s) in CRR(F)-339-2022.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

This common judgment shall decide the aforementioned revision petitions, as they stem from the same impugned order dated 02.07.2021. For the sake of brevity the facts are being extracted from CRR(F)-339-2022.

2. The present petition has been preferred against order dated 02.07.2021 passed by learned Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, 2025.09.17 17:20 Gurugram, under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C., whereby final maintenance of Rs.13,000/- per month was awarded in favour of the petitioners and additional @ Rs.5,000/- per month when the flights will be flying regularly, seeking enhancement of the quantum of maintenance.

3. Succinct factual narrative relevant for the disposal of the petition is that the marriage between the petitioner No.1-wife and respondent-husband was solemnized on on 10.02.2020 as per Hindu rites and ceremonies, by performing the Saptpadi. It is the case of the petitioner- wife that her family spent a considerable amount on the marriage, and also gave a Maruti Baleno car. However, within a short span after marriage, the conduct of the respondent and his family members changed and the petitioner-wife was subjected to harassment and ill-treatment. It is averred that the petitioner-wife was ultimately abandoned at her parental home on 19.05.2020, and since then has been residing separately, maintaining herself and the minor child. A subsequent petition under Section 125 Cr.P.C. was filed on behalf of the petitioners, wherein vide judgment dated 02.07.2021, the learned Additional Principal Judge, awarded maintenance of Rs.13,000/- per month to the petitioners and directed the respondent to pay them an additional sum of Rs.5,000/- per month when flights would start operating regularly. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioners have approached this Court by filing the present petition.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that despite the solemnization of the marriage in February, 2020 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies, the respondent and his family members did not accept petitioner No.1 with dignity, and instead raised objections with regard to her background and family name. She was taunted, humiliated and even pressurized to terminate her pregnancy on the pretext that she was suffering from a fibroid in her uterus, and when she refused to do so, because of which her treatment at the matrimonial home further deteriorated. The respondent-

husband, thereafter, dropped the petitioner No.1 at her parental home on 19.05.2020, with an assurance that she would be taken back within ten days, but thereafter abandoned her completely and never came to resume cohabitation. Since then, the petitioner No.1 has been compelled to reside separately, to manage her medical needs and expenses of pregnancy on borrowed money, and later, to take care of the minor child single-handedly. It is contended that the respondent, instead of discharging his marital and legal obligations, is now raising false and frivolous pleas, whereas in reality he has failed to maintain his wife and the minor child even to the extent of providing bare necessities. Learned counsel also emphasizes that the respondent is employed as a Flight Attendant with Air India on international flights and is earning a handsome salary running into lakhs per annum. It is also submitted that the petitioner No.1-wife is a law graduate but presently has no independent means of income, and mer