Cause Title: A v. B (Case No.: C.R.R. 770 of 2024) While asking a man to pay higher amount of maintenance to his estranged wife, the Calcutta High Court has observed that the actual income of an individual would be very different from the figures shown in the income tax return and this is why the Courts often look beyond I.T. returns while determining the income of a person, especially in proceedings such as maintenance cases. The High Court was considering the Revision Application preferred by the wife/petitioner assailing the order passed under Section 127 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), reducing the quantum of maintenance from Rs. 30,000 to the tune of Rs. 20,000 per month. Another application was filed by the husband assailing the same order, seeking a further reduction in the quantum of maintenance from the tune of Rs. 20,000 and also with respect to the date of effect, which should have been from the date of retirement of the estranged husband. Noting that the husband h...
X v. Y, Family Court Appeal No. 53 of 2021, decided on 17-7-2025 Bombay High Court: In the present appeal, the appellant-wife challenged the judgment passed by the Family Court on 28-11-2019, whereby her petition for the restitution of conjugal rights was dismissed and the counterclaim of the respondent-husband for divorce was allowed and the divorce was granted. The Division Bench of Revati Mohite Dere and Dr. Neela Gokhale*, JJ., opined that the wife’s behaviour with his husband’s employees, humiliating him in front of his friends, refusing sexual relations, and accusing him of extra-marital affairs were all instances of ‘cruelty’ that her husband was subjected to. The Court dismissed the appeal and held that the judgment passed by the Family Court was well-reasoned because the wife subjected her husband to cruelty and had deserted him. Divorce on the ground of cruelty Restitution of conjugal rights Right to residence order Interim maintenance case lawyer in karkardooma Court Delhi I...