NEELESH SRIVASTAVA vs SUKRITI SRIVASTAVA

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$~35 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: December 10th, 2025 + CRL.REV.P. 515/2023, CRL.M.A. 12229/2023, CRL.M.A. 22541/2023, CRL.M.A. 7203/2025, CRL.M.A. 9362/2025, CRL.M.A. 31587/2025 NEELESH SRIVASTAVA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Deepti, Mr. Shivendra Kumar & Ms. Khushi Bhadana, Advs. along with petitioner in person. versus SUKRITI SRIVASTAVA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, Ms. Anshu Priyanka, Ms. D. Anubhuti, Ms. Manya, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present Criminal Revision Petition has been instituted under Section 397 read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’), assailing the Order dated 12.04.2023 (‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Principal Judge Family Court, Saket, in M No. 318/2019 titled Sukriti Srivastava versus Neelesh Srivastava. 2. By the impugned order, the learned Family Court had directed the Petitioner/ husband to pay a sum of ₹1,05,000/- per month as interim maintenance to the Respondent/wife and the Signature Not Verifiedtwo minor children for the period 04.10.2019 – 31.12.2021. The Signed By:DEEPANSHU CRL.REV.P. 515/2023 Page 1 of 8 Signing Date:12.12.2025 20:08:22 learned Family Court further directed the Petitioner to pay a sum of ₹1,85,000/- per month from January 2022, till the disposal of the petition, to the Respondent and the two minor children. 3. Aggrieved thereby, the Petitioner has preferred the present revision, seeking reduction of the interim maintenance amount granted. 4. The learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner has fluctuating income due to change in his job profile and has continuous bouts of employment uncertainty owing to his numerous changes in employment. He further submits that the Petiti