{"id":71623,"date":"2003-12-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-pethaiyan-vs-smt-jothi-on-8-december-2003"},"modified":"2014-04-23T07:52:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T02:22:10","slug":"s-pethaiyan-vs-smt-jothi-on-8-december-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-pethaiyan-vs-smt-jothi-on-8-december-2003","title":{"rendered":"S. Pethaiyan vs Smt. Jothi on 8 December, 2003"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">S. Pethaiyan vs Smt. Jothi on 8 December, 2003<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 2004 CriLJ 1142, II (2004) DMC 396<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: M Thanikachalam<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: M Thanikachalam<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p> M. Thanikachalam, J.  <\/p>\n<p> 1. The petitioner is the husband of the respondent and they were married elsewhere in the year 1973. Thereafter, a dispute had arisen between them and they are living separately from the year 1996.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The respondent has filed a petition before the Judicial Magistrate No. 1, Mannargudi in M.C. No. 8\/96, claiming maintenance, as if she is unable to maintain herself and the husband has failed to<br \/>\nmaintain her, though he is having sufficient<br \/>\nmeans. It seems, the petition was opposed<br \/>\nby the husband on the ground that the wife<br \/>\nis having sufficient means, to maintain her<br \/>\nself and since she is living separately on her<br \/>\nown accord, she is also not entitled to maintenance.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. The trial Court considering the defence, as well the evidence adduced on behalf of the parties, has come to the conclusion that the husband is liable to pay maintenance, in view of the fact that the wife is not having sufficient means, to maintain herself, thereby ordering a monthly allowance of Rs. 500\/- with effect from the date of filing of the application.\n<\/p>\n<p> 4. The husband\/revision petitioner aggrieved by the said order, questioned the same before the Sessions Judge, Nagapattinam in Cr. R.P. No. 18\/2000 and the learned Sessions Judge, after hearing the parties, came to the conclusion that there is no substance in the revision and in this View, confirmed the findings of the Courts below.\n<\/p>\n<p>5. The husband, once again questioning the said maintenance order, has filed this petition, to quash the order passed by, the Court below in M.C. No. 8\/96, which was confirmed in the C.R.P. The grounds raised in this petition that the respondent-wife is having means to maintain herself was finally decided by the Court, concluding that the wife has no means and therefore, question of reappraising the evidence, by this Court under Section 482, Cr. P.C., does not arise for consideration. On the ground of desertion also, the grant of maintenance order is questioned, which was available to the husband and in fact, he raised the same before the Courts below which was not accepted and therefore, the same is not liable to be agitated once again before this Court. No other ground is urged before me to set aside the order, as if the order is affected by any irregularity or one against the law or established procedure, to invoke Section 482, Cr. P.C. In this view, I find no merit in the application and the petition is devoid of merit and is liable to be dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>In the result, the petition is dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court S. Pethaiyan vs Smt. Jothi on 8 December, 2003 Equivalent citations: 2004 CriLJ 1142, II (2004) DMC 396 Author: M Thanikachalam Bench: M Thanikachalam ORDER M. Thanikachalam, J. 1. The petitioner is the husband of the respondent and they were married elsewhere in the year 1973. 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