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S.Prabhakaran vs S.Shanmugapriya
2021 Latest Caselaw 1666 Mad

Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 1666 Mad
Judgement Date : 25 January, 2021

Madras High Court
S.Prabhakaran vs S.Shanmugapriya on 25 January, 2021
                                                                                  Crl.R.C.No.41 of 2021


                                   IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

                                                   DATED 25.01.2021

                                                            CORAM:

                                   THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN

                                                 Crl.R.C.No.41 of 2021
                                                          and
                                                 Crl.M.P.No.541 of 2021

                     S.Prabhakaran
                     S/o.Sukumaran                                         ... Petitioner
                                                              Vs
                     S.Shanmugapriya
                     D/o.Sivaraj                                            ... Respondent


                     PRAYER: Criminal Revision case filed under Article 397 r/w 401 of

                     Criminal         Procedure Code to set aside judgment and decree dated

                     21.11.2020 made in M.C.No.14 of 2016 on the file of the Additional

                     Principal Family Judge at Coimbatore.



                                           For Petitioner      : No appearance

                                           For Respondent      : No appearance




https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/
                                                                                     Crl.R.C.No.41 of 2021


                                                         ORDER

This Criminal Revision case has been filed under Section 397 r/w 401

of Cr.P.C. to set aside judgment and decree dated 21.11.2020 made in

M.C.No.14 of 2016 on the file of the Additional Principal Family Judge at

Coimbatore.

2. No representation for the petitioner and the respondent.

3.The respondent/wife has filed a petition in H.M.O.P.No. 66 of 2016

for divorce on the ground of cruelty and the petitioner/husband has filed a

petition in H.M.O.P.No.1520 of 2015 for restitution of conjugal rights.

During the pendency of the above said petitions, the respondent/wife has

filed a case in M.C.No.14 of 2016 for interim maintenance under Section

125 of Cr.P.C. The Family Court after conducting the enquiry, allowed the

petition filed by the respondent/wife and granted decree of divorce and

dismissed the petition filed by the petitioner/husband for restitution of

conjugal rights and also allowed the M.C. No. 14 of 2016 and directed the

petitioner/husband herein to pay a sum of Rs.10,000/- per month for

maintenance. Now challenging the said order in M.C.No.14 of 2016, the

petitioner has filed the present Revision Petition before this Court.

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4.The respondent/wife has stated in the petition that the

petitioner/husband is working as a Maths Lecture in a Government

Polytechnic College and also running tuition center in the name and style of

"Focus Tuition Centre" and earning a sum of Rs. 60,000/- per month and

the respondent/wife is having no sufficient means to maintain herself. In

these circumstance, the petitioner has not filed any affidavit showing his

income capacity.

5.Considering the facts and circumstance of this case, this court has

not find any perversity or illegality or infirmity in the order passed by the

family Court. Accordingly, the Civil Revision petition is dismissed in the

admission stage itself. The petitioner/husband is directed to pay the entire

arrear amount to the respondent/wife within a period one month from the

date of receipt of copy of this order and shall pay a monthly maintenance as

directed by the family Court, failing which, the Family Court is directed to

execute the order passed in accordance with law without

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/ Crl.R.C.No.41 of 2021

P.VELMURUGAN.J

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any further delay. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is

closed.

25.01.2021

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Index – Yes/No

To

The Additional Principal Family Judge at Coimbatore.

Crl.R.C.No.41 of 2021

https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/

 
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