High Court Karnataka High Court

S Rajashekar S/O Alte … vs Smt Vidya B W/O Rajashekar on 21 July, 2009

Karnataka High Court
S Rajashekar S/O Alte … vs Smt Vidya B W/O Rajashekar on 21 July, 2009
Author: Ajit J Gunjal
1:»: 'THE mcm CO'{1R'I' 0;? KARNATAKA AT BANGAiL.,_()E'€E
DATED 'I'HiS THE 2 1st DAY 05' JULY  . n
BEFORE ' "  K ' 

THE I~iON'BLE Mr. JUsTI€:E:'A-aw: ,3 c;r;iIj§*J',::;A  

WRIT PETITION No. 13046:»-a Q1§'*2Ai§O8fCr}\{I4FC)»V   A 

BETWEEN:

S.Ra}a-lshekar,  _  -.  
S/0 Late S1*1iva}ingafaI1';M'-   V .' "  _
Aged about40yea1'S,     "
R/at N0/1' 1, 6€h_CrossA,...  _  '
Shivananda Naga-I',  _, _
Nagarbhavifl _Ro.aii,   
Bangalore-'--'5€jO\O'7"2_._ > x    V.   ' ...PE'I'I"TiONER

(Sri Ashg'k Tmjv;;jA
AND:  ' V A  1 

Smt.-¥ficiyaa'B,._  *  A -
W/C:.Rajasheka;r,  _____ H ,

.' V.  - Agbé eibatit. 35} years,
 ~  B5808, 15.'-_§ 'A' Main Road,
' 5*~.¥_=. Cross', 'Ba.h:_3bah Nagar,

;Ja11aha;u;%'»%:sa;:ga1ore--560 013. ...RESP€)NIf}EN'I'

 isriiagesx; M Eesh, Advs.)

» AA   W1?' is filed under Articies 226 and 227 9f the
' --..{3e11stitution of indie. praying to quash the czrdez.' dated

i§4.08.2G{}8 passed $513; the {I Axidl. Principal Judge,

V%   ....F'amfly Co11rt, Sangalore on IA illldfif' Sections 24 and

26 of 'aha Hinéu Mamiage: Act, Vida An11e>m're-E.

This WP Coming on for preiimiriaxjy hearing in 'B'
Group this day, the Court made the foflowing:



O R D E R

The petitioner is the husband and

the wife. They have a female child born ‘in. ..
The wife has filed a petition mi
13(1), ma) and (:11) of the»e’¥1I.i11d1«;i’._]’§§*I;23;t~;’ia§e-

reason appears to be related
ailments. During _t;§1§.9rweeemgs, the
wife makes an appficatier; ieeifitenmzce. The
said famiiy Judge,
havingv__re%fa:d:’ ‘ the husband, has
awardegi a 4 to the wife and a sum of

Rs.2,GO()&/«__’_t;e said gra_nt of maineenanee

_ is qzieetiened 11I;w–t1’;is petition.

‘ counsel appearing for the husband

s.i1″;;_’1:i1ii;:sV_ the petitioner is no ionger gainfuiiy

“A.»._’*..employeei, §I}8..S1TI”i¥.iC}.’1 as, notwithstanding the facf. that

a Seftwaze Engneer at one point 01’ time, as at”

. K fgiw, he is jobless and erztireiy dependent on his parents

for his day-to-day existence. Hence, he submits that the

maintenanm awarded by the Family Court is unjust in

the eireumstaxlces. W

3. Learned Counsel appearing for the Wife
that the Curriculum Vitae of the
disclose that he has been
assignment frequently. He
suitably qualified and t11e’V§;§stV.of”fi1fV:i_. L’
produced by him itself ” a
sum ofRs.15,GOO/- hegnentfi; lige submits that
the gem of Rs.5,000/– to

the wife ajfid'”ehi}fi’1V’;1oee:~1fi<;vtjx%}g1:'*Ifaz1t interference.

I -the impugxxed order. Indeed, at
one pei11.t of tiIi1e,""?j*1e"h1j'S;i§and must have been working

as 4§S<)ftware "EI}gginee:a' in some companies. Indeed, the

dQe'eI)§ieI;fe'§3r0duced along with the writ petition wouid

we husband has been changng jobs over

a §)@I'i!V)::d '£f.);f time. The last of the salary certificate

'tiieeleees that indeed, the petitioner-;1:1usband was

'eerfiing Re.15,()00/– and his takewhome salaxy is about

" Rs§12,3:":30/— Wifth a deéuetion of RS459/~. The

COI1t€f11ii{)I1 ef the husband that, as of today he is jobless

and ie entirely dependent en his parents, carmet befi

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accepted. It is unbecomifig of an abk:–~bodieé man to
say that he will not Work anti depend on his pane:t1ts~..for
his c§ay~to-day existence. indeed, until the .. V’
have come to an end, it is the bc)1}.nciez1.V”(i?.:1f:1::yv —
husband to maintain his wife amz é1.so«
is also a social obligation on _th6
He cannot shy away from iiis
on the gonad that Entirely
dependent 0:1 his required to

take into cons;iC¥'(:;$féfi:io1i-_ the axéaflable with the

1111sbaI1;iV1″£(V:«H V

5. Having salary certificate which is

made: 5 A’ (11%: amount payabk: to the wife

* . ga1-1(iAV””‘C:I*1iiii bf§v’m§i13.ntjfied at Rs.4,’?50/-. 1: is

learned Counsel appeafing for the wife

_that”‘4«n0t$g>i?it?i§é3fa:1diI;g the order of maintenance, the

Ii’asb_afid~—-fias not deposited a single pie til} teday. Thfi

&T.__;je.fiti0i;2er–hus¥3a:1d shall d€§CiSit the entire arrears of

T ~ rrzaintenanoe including the {3’£1I*Z”€i’}t maintenance on or

‘ A. before 11* September 2809. If the said amount is not /7?

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daposited by then, it is open. fer the Family Cotrurt tog”-.__

strike of 1:136 defence of the husband.

With this modiiicafion petition sts;fifiis’&ispQs€:dA §§§f. _ n

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