DINESH KUMAR vs NEETI & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 19.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 04.04.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 04.04.2026 + CRL.M.C. 6628/2022 & CRL.M.A. 25818/2022 DINESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: None. versus NEETI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vikram Saini, Adv. along with respondent no. 1. + CRL.M.C. 3998/2023 NEETI .....Petitioner Through: Petitioner with her counsel Mr. Vikram Saini, Adv. versus DINESH KUMAR .....Respondent Through: None. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. These cross-petitions preferred by the husband and the wife against a common order are being disposed of by way of this common judgment. CRL.M.C. 6628/2022 & connected matter Page 1 of 15 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:04.04.2026 15:09:19 2. In these petitions, the parties have challenged the judgment dated 17.10.2022 [hereafter „impugned judgment‟] passed by the learned Principal District and Sessions Judge, North West, Rohini Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Appellate Court‟], in Crl. Appeal No. 02/2022 filed under Section 29 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [hereafter „PWDV Act‟]. By way of the impugned judgment, the learned Appellate Court awarded total interim maintenance in the sum of ₹13,000/- to the respondent-wife and the two minor children in her custody, thereby modifying the order dated 27.10.2021 passed by the learned MM, Mahila Court-02, North West, Rohini Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Trial Court‟] in Ct. Cases No. 13059/2019. 3. In CRL.M.C. 6628/2022 and CRL.M.C. 3998/2023, the husband and the wife, respectively, have assailed the impugned judgment. While the husband contends that the interim maintenance awarded by the learned Appellat