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Delhi High Court: <\/strong>Subramonium Prasad, J., while allowing in part the revision petition filed challenging the Family Court\u2019s maintenance order made a very crucial observation, that father\u2019s obligation to maintain a child cannot come to an end once the child turns 18 years of age. Read more to know why.<\/p>\n

Instant petition was directed against the Family Court\u2019s Order declining maintenance to the petitioner 1\/wife and granting maintenance only to petitioner 2 and 3.<\/p>\n

Since the interim maintenance order was an interlocutory order, the respondent\u2019s counsel submitted that the present application was barred under Section 397(2) CrPC.<\/p>\n

Further, the counsel for the petitioners contended that after holding that each of the children is entitled to 25% of the amount of the income of the respondent, the learned Family Court ought not to have further apportioned the amount and limited the liability of the respondent only to 12.5% of the amount of the salary earned by the respondent.<\/p>\n

Analysis, Law and Decision<\/span><\/h3>\n

High Court stated that since the purpose of granting interim maintenance is to ensure that the wife and the children are not put to starvation<\/strong>, Courts while fixing interim maintenance are not expected to dwell into minute and excruciating details and fact which are to be proved by the parties.<\/p>\n

Further, Bench elaborated with regard to other contention of children being entitled to 25% of salary earned by respondent, that, petitioner 1\/wife who was earning and was equally responsible for the child can take care of the balance as respondent was married again and had a child from the second marriage.<\/p>\n

Court cannot shut its eyes to the fact that the respondent has equal responsibility towards the child from the second marriage.<\/em><\/p>\n

Petitioner 1\/Wife was working as an Upper Division Clerk in Delhi Municipal Corporation earning Rs 60,000 per month and the two children were living with the mother and after the age of majority, entire expenditure of petitioner 2 was being borne by petitioner 1 as petitioner 2 turned major and was still studying but was not earning anything.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the family court failed to appreciate that since the respondent was making no contribution towards the maintenance of petitioner 2, the salary earned by petitioner 1 was not sufficient to maintain herself.<\/p>\n

Court cannot shut its eyes to the fact that at the age of 18 the education of petitioner 2 is not yet over and the petitioner 2 cannot sustain himself.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bench held that it cannot be said that the obligation of the father would come to an end as the son reached 18 years of age and the entire burden of his education and other expenses would fall only on the mother.<\/p>\n

Adding to the above analysis, it was stated that It is not reasonable to expect that the mother alone would bear the entire burden for herself and for the son with the small amount of maintenance given by the respondent herein towards the maintenance of his daughter.<\/p>\n

Hence, Court granted a sum of Rs 15,000 per month as interim maintenance to petitioner 1 from the date of petitioner 2 attaining the age of majority till he completes his graduation or starts earning whichever is earlier.<\/p>\n

In view of the above, the revision petition was allowed in part and disposed of. [Urvashi Aggarwal v. Inderpaul Aggarwal, 2021 SCC OnLine Del 3242<\/b><\/a>, decided on 14-06-2021]<\/p>\n

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Advocates before the Court:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the Petitioners: Mr Praveen Suri and Ms. Komal Chibber, Advocates<\/p>\n

For the Respondent: Mr Digvijay Rai and Mr. Aman Yadav, Advocates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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