PRAVEEN KUMAR vs POOJA ARYA

Judgment text excerpt

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 13.05.2025 + CRL.REV.P. 1373/2024 & CRL.M.A. 38590/2024 PRAVEEN KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Appearance not given. versus POOJA ARYA .....Respondent Through: Mr.Mayank Maini, Mr.Anmol Chadha, Mr.Biman Sethi, Mr.Aryan Sharma and Mr.Ankit Verma, 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 order dated 21.10.2023 [hereafter „impugned order‟], passed by the learned Family Judge, North District, Rohini Courts, Celhi [hereafter „Family Court‟] in MT. Case No. 287/2022. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that the marriage between the parties was solemnised on 12.01.2016 and a child was born out of the wedlock, who is currently in the custody of the respondent (wife), aged about six years. The parties have been living separately since July 2017. The respondent-wife had alleged that she was subjected to cruelty and harassment by the petitioner - husband, who is a practicing advocate. The respondent was earlier CRL.REV.P. 1373/2024 Page 1 of 9 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:13.05.2025 18:54:56 employed as a guest teacher with the Delhi Government, but became unemployed upon the termination of her contractual employment on 08.12.2022. The respondent had filed a petition under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [hereafter „Cr.P.C.‟] seeking maintenance, and the learned Family Court, had vide impugned order dated 21.10.2023, directed the petitioner herein to pay a monthly interim maintenance of ₹7,500 each to the child and to the respondent. However, since the respondent was admittedly earning a notional inc