ANJALI MALIK vs HIMANSHU DAGAR

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 13.05.2025 + CRL.REV.P. 308/2024 & CRL.M.A. 7186/2024 ANJALI MALIK .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv. versus HIMANSHU DAGAR .....Respondent Through: Ms. Zubeda Begum, Ms. Ishita Mohanty and Ms. Vanessa Singh, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present revision petition, the petitioner-wife seeks setting aside of order dated 08.12.2023 [hereafter ‗impugned order‘] passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, North East District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi [hereafter ‗Family Court‘] in Mt. Case No. 201/2022, vide which the petitioner was granted interim maintenance of ₹20,000/- per month. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that the marriage between the petitioner and the respondent was solemnised on 17.11.2020 in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies at Delhi. Thereafter, the petitioner had filed an application before the learned CRL.REV.P. 308/2024 Page 1 of 11 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:14.05.2025 14:53:49 Family Court seeking interim maintenance, alleging that all her jewellery articles had been retained by her mother-in-law and had not been returned. Although the petitioner had been residing on a separate floor, she had allegedly been subjected to continuous cruelty and harassment by the respondent and his family members, primarily on account of persistent dowry demands, including a demand of ₹10 lakhs and a Hyundai Creta car. It was further alleged that on 22.09.2021, an attempt had been made by the respondent and his family members to forcibly evict the petitioner from the matrimonial home, prompting her to make emergency calls to 112 and 109, following whic