Supreme Court of India
Shail Kumari Devi & Anr. v. Krishan Bhagwan Pathak @ Kishun B. Pathak
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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
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Where later benches applied it
- 2020 Rajnesh v. Neha & Anr.
- 2014 Bhuwan Mohan Singh v. Meena & Ors.
- 2014 Jaiminiben Hirenbhai Vyas &anr. v. Hirenbhai Rameshchandra Vyas &anr.
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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