MANISH HANDA vs NEHA HANDA & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 15.07.2025 + CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 103/2024 & CRL.M.A. 35040/2024 MANISH HANDA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sameer Chandra, Mr. Aryan Tomar and Mr. Shubham Parashar, Advocates versus NEHA HANDA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Gaurav Seth, Mr. Navjot Kwatra and Mr. Vipin Malik, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present revision petition, the petitioner-husband assails the order dated 13.09.2024 [hereafter „the impugned order‟] passed in MT Case No. 727/2023, whereby the learned Family Court- 01, Shahdara, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Family Court‟], has directed the petitioner-husband to pay consolidated interim maintenance of ₹25,000/- per month to respondent no. 1 (wife) and respondent nos. 2 and 3 (minor daughters), in addition to bearing the school fees of respondent nos. 2 and 3. 2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner and CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 103/2024 Page 1 of 10 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:15.07.2025 20:22:42 respondent no. 1 were married on 29.08.2010. Out of the said wedlock, twin daughters were born on 10.06.2011. It is the case of the petitioner that he is engaged in the business of manufacturing stainless steel railings and gates, and that respondent no. 1 left the matrimonial home without any sufficient reason, after repeated quarrels, to live independently at her parental home. He further alleges that she denied him access to their children and deprived him of their love and affection. He claims that she filed a false complaint against him and his family members and misused the process of law. According to him, despite his efforts for reconciliation