IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (227) CRR(F) No. 279 of 2021 (O&M)

Date of Decision: 06.4.2026 Tulsi Ram ......Petitioner Versus Prem Lata .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Mr. Sanjeev Vijaraniya, Advocate for Mr. V.P.Sangwan, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Amit Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Prateek Gupta, Advocate for the respondent.

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KIRTI SINGH , J. (ORAL)

1. The present petition has been preferred against the order dated 19.7.2021 passed by learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Ambala, under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C., whereby maintenance of Rs. 4,000/- per month from the date of filing of the petition till December 2020, and from January 2021 onwards, Rs. 5,000/- per month was awarded in favour of the respondent. Furthermore, a sum of Rs. 5,000/- was also awarded to the respondent as litigation expenses. Moreover, amount of maintenance was ordered to be set off/adjusted with any other maintenance allowance received by the respondent.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the marriage between the petitioner and the respondent was solemnized on 12.12.2000, as per Hindu religious rites and ceremonies. Out of the said wedlock a son w