RAJEEV BHARDWAJ vs SMT DIPTI BHARDWAJ

Judgment text excerpt

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 22.05.2025 + CRL.REV.P. 291/2024 & CRL.M.A. 6489/2024 RAJEEV BHARDWAJ .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Priyanka Gupta, Advocate versus SMT DIPTI BHARDWAJ .....Respondent Through: Mr. Santosh Kumar Singh, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The present petition has been preferred by the petitioner- husband, being aggrieved by the judgment dated 01.12.2023 [hereafter „impugned judgment‟] passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, North District, Rohini Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Family Court‟]. 2. By way of the impugned judgment, the learned Family Court was pleased to allow the petition under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [hereafter „Cr.P.C.‟] filed by the respondent-wife and direct the petitioner to pay maintenance at the rate of Rs.15,000/- per month from the date of filing the petition i.e. 03.07.2017, till the time she is legally entitled to receive the same. It CRL.REV.P. 291/2024 Page 1 of 9 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:23.05.2025 20:25:06 was further ordered that the maintenance amount shall be increased by 10% at the completion of every two years commencing from 01.12.2024. 3. Brief facts of the case are that the petition under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C had been filed by the respondent-wife before the learned Family Court on the ground that the marriage between the parties was solemnized on 30.11.1995 at Delhi, and two children i.e. one son and one daughter were born out of the said wedlock, who were aged 20 and 19 years respectively at the time of filing the petition, and that they were in the custody of the respondent-wife, and their educational expenses were born