ORAL JUDGMENT :

1] Heard.

2] These three matters are clubbed as the parties in these proceedings are same i.e. Premdeep S/o Nishikant Matlane (husband) and Bhavana W/o Premdeep Matlane (wife). In these three matters, orders passed by different Courts regarding entitlement of the wife for maintenance from the husband are challenged. These matters are listed before me as per the directions of the Hon'ble Administrative Judge.

3] In Criminal Revision Application (REVN) No. 133/2016, the husband has challenged the order passed by the Family Court directing him to pay Rs. 2500/- per month to the wife towards interim maintenance, the interim maintenance being payable from 15/01/2016 i.e. from the date of filing of the application. This order is passed on an application which was filed by the wife in the proceedings under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure .

4] In Criminal Writ Petition No. 728/2017, the husband has challenged the order passed by the learned Magistrate directing him to pay Rs. 7500/- per month to the wife towards interim maintenance, the interim maintenance being payable from the date of filing of the application. This order is passed on an application which was