HIMANSHU VERMA vs CHANDNI VERMA

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 30.04.2025 Pronounced on: 01.07.2025 + MAT.APP.(F.C.) 163/2025, CM APPLs.25853/2025, 25856/2025 HIMANSHU VERMA .....Appellant Through: Ms. Pragya Parijat Singh, Mr. Lakshay Saini, Ms. Amrita Verma, Ms. Shreya Singh and Mr. Anshul Patel, Advs. versus CHANDNI VERMA .....Respondent Through: Nemo CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR JUDGMENT RENU BHATNAGAR, J. 1. The present appeal is filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984, challenging the Order dated 10.02.2025 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Impugned Order’) passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court-01, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi (hereinafter referred to as, ‘Family Court’), whereby the application under Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter Signature Not Verified MAT.APP.(F.C.) 163/2025 Page 1 of 10 Signed By:PALLAVI VERMA Signing Date:01.07.2025 17:26:41 referred to as ‘HMA’) filed by the respondent/wife for grant of interim maintenance in HMA No. 1575/2023, titled Himanshu Verma v. Chandni Verma, was allowed, granting maintenance at the rate of Rs.25,000/- per month from the date of filing of the application till the pendency of the case, to the respondent/wife. 2. The brief background of the case is that the appellant/husband and the respondent/wife were married on 29.01.2022 at Sahibabad, District Ghaziabad, in accordance with the Hindu rites and ceremonies. Out of the said wedlock, a male child was born on 23.06.2023, who is presently in the custody of the respondent/wife. It is an admitted position that, due to matrimonial discord, the parties are residing separately. The appellant/husband instituted a petition seeking dissolution of marriage under Sections 13(1)(ia) an