AMIT JOSHI vs DIKSHA

Judgment text excerpt

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 21.07.2025 + CRL.REV.P. 392/2024 & CRL.M.A. 8864/2024 AMIT JOSHI .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Usha Pandey & Mr. Vedant Kulshrestha, Advocates versus DIKSHA .....Respondent Through: Mr. R.K. Singh and Ms. Priyanka Singh, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of this revision petition, the petitioner-husband seeks setting aside of the order dated 22.12.2023 [hereafter „impugned order‟] passed by the learned Judge, Family Courts, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Family Court‟] in Mt. Case No. 682/2023. 2. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner and the respondent had got married to each other on 18.11.2021 at Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and their marriage was registered on 29.11.2021. It is stated that subsequently, on 02.01.2022, both parties travelled to Dubai. It is the case of the respondent-wife that since the beginning of the marital relationship, she was ill-treated and harassed, both physically and CRL.REV.P. 392/2024 Page 1 of 11 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:24.07.2025 15:11:56 mentally, for demand of dowry. She also alleged that in Dubai, the petitioner and his mother had attempted to throw her off the building, however, she had somehow managed to save herself. Thereafter, she returned to India. Eventually, the present application under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [hereafter „Cr.P.C.‟], seeking monthly maintenance of ₹5,00,000/- from the petitioner, was filed in November, 2023. Along with the said application, an interim maintenance application was also filed, seeking ₹2,00,000/- per month during the pendency of the proceedings. 3. The learned Family Court,