SANDEEP BANKAR vs NEEPA SINGH & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 2nd April, 2026 CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 177/2026, CRL.M.A. 10119/2026 & CRL.M.A. 10120/2026 SANDEEP BANKAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rishu Singh and Ms. Vasudha Gupta, Advocates versus NEEPA SINGH & ANR. .....Respondents Through: None CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Respondent herein has filed a petition under Section 144 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding Section 125 Cr.P.C.) seeking maintenance from her husband for herself and their child. 2. When the aforesaid petition was taken up by the learned Trial Court on 14.01.2026, it directed husband to pay ad-interim maintenance @ Rs. 8,000/- per month. It also noted that husband had not even placed on record his salary certificate and that as per wife, his income was Rs. 70,000/- p.m. His wife was also working in the same office but had to leave job, to take care of her child. 3. Such order is under challenge. 4. None appears on behalf of respondents despite advance notice. 5. The application whereby respondent seeks interim maintenance is now scheduled for hearing before the learned Principal Judge, Family Court on 06.06.2026