FIRST APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 530 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:93938-DB AFR Court No. - 39 Case :- FIRST APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 530 of 2025 Appellant :- Savita Devi @ Pinki Gautam @ Shivangi Shishodiya Respondent :- Jitendra Gautam Counsel for Appellant :- Arun Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- Akash Chandra Maurya Hon'ble Arindam Sinha,J. Hon'ble Avnish Saxena,J. (Per Hon'ble Arindam Sinha,J.) 1. The appeal has been preferred by the wife against judgment dated 3rd May, 2025 of the Family Court dismissing her application under section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, for maintenance pendente lite and expenses of proceedings. Respondent-husband had filed petition in the Family Court to declare the marriage void on ground that it contravened clause (i) in section 5. It is during pendency of the husband's petition that appellant had filed for maintenance. 2. The Family Court upon hearing the parties and going through the documents on record found appellant to have been guilty of concealment regarding previous marriage, to cause doubt, due to which it was not appropriate to give maintenance amount under section 24. The learned Judge said that appellant's previous marriage ended only on 15th April, 2024. 3. Mr.