Supreme Court of India

Shail Kumari Devi & Anr. v. Krishan Bhagwan Pathak @ Kishun B. Pathak

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Reported as [2008] 11 S.C.R. 386
Bench C.K. Thakker and D.K. Jain JJ.
Decided 28 July 2008

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What the Court ordered

We hold that both the . appellants are entitled to an amount of Rs.1000/-, each per month lo-- as maintenance.

Judgment, page 27

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 125: Maintenance - Entitlement to - From date of applica- c tion or from date of order- Held: Maintenance can be awarded from the date of order, or, if so ordered, from the date of appli- cation for maintenance, as the case may be - For awarding maintenance from date of application, express order is nee- essary - No special reasons, however, are required to be re- corded by the Court - No such requirement can be read in sub section (1) of s.125 in absence of express provision to that effect. Maintenance - Quantum of- Family Court granted main- tenance to

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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