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SAI
DAABDULRAHI
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.RESPONDENTS

Mr
.Sat
yaj
eetRaj
eshi
rke
,Adv
ocat
efort
hePe
tit
ione
r.
Mr
.A.
R.Pat
il
,APPf
ort
heRe
sponde
nt–St
ate
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Mr
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thalDahake
,Adv
ocat
eforRe
sponde
ntNo.
1.

CORAM : A.M.BADAR,J
.

DATE : 3rdJ
ANUARY2020

ORALJ
UDGMENT:

1 Rul
e.Rul
emader
etur
nabl
efor
thwi
th.He
ardf
inal
lyby

c
ons
entofpar
ti
es.

2 Thel
ear
nedc
ouns
elf
ort
hepe
tit
ione
r/hus
bandar
gue
d

t
hatt
hel
ear
nedc
our
tsbe
low t
otal
lye
rre
dinas
ses
singt
heamount

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ofmai
nte
nanc
eint
hewakeofe
arni
ngsoft
her
esponde
nt/
wif
e.

He s
ubmi
tt
edt
hatt
he r
esponde
nt/
wif
eis ge
tti
ng i
ncome of

Rs
.1800/
-bywayofpe
nsi
onandr
entf
rom t
enant
s,whe
reast
he

pe
tit
ione
r/hus
bandi
sge
tti
ngpe
nsi
onofRs
.1700/
-. Hei
sage
d

about65y
ear
s.

3 As agai
nstt
his
,the l
ear
ned c
ouns
elf
or t
he

r
esponde
nt/
wif
ear
gue
dthatt
hepe
tit
ione
r/hus
bandwaswor
king

asadr
ive
r.Hei
sar
eti
reddr
ive
rhav
ingbe
ens
upe
rannuat
edf
rom

t
he s
erv
ice
s of St
ate Tr
ans
por
t Cor
por
ati
on. The
ref
ore
,the

i
mpugne
dor
deri
scor
rec
tandi
nfac
tthemai
nte
nanc
eisr
equi
red

t
obee
nhanc
edt
otheor
igi
nalawar
dofRs
.5,
000/
-pe
rmont
h.

4 Ihav
econs
ide
redt
hes
ubmi
ssi
onss
o adv
anc
ed and

al
sope
rus
edt
hemat
eri
alpl
ace
donr
ecor
d.

5 The r
esponde
nt/
wif
e mov
ed an appl
icat
ion unde
r

Se
cti
on 12oft
hePr
ote
cti
on ofWome
nfr
om Dome
sti
cVi
ole
nce

Ac
t,2005,c
lai
ming r
eli
efsf
rom t
he pe
tit
ione
r/hus
band. That

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appl
icat
ion c
ame t
o be al
lowe
d par
tl
y by di
rec
ting t
he

pe
tit
ione
r/hus
band t
o payan amountofRs
.5,
000/
-pe
rmont
h

t
owar
dsmai
nte
nanc
etot
heaggr
iev
edpe
rson. Thi
sor
derdat
ed

8th J
uly2013pas
sedbyt
hel
ear
nedJ
udi
cialMagi
str
ateFi
rstCl
ass
,

Sol
apur
,camet
obei
mpugne
dinappe
alunde
rSe
cti
on29oft
he

Pr
ote
cti
onofWome
nfr
om Dome
sti
cVi
ole
nceAc
t,2005,byt
he

pe
tit
ione
r/hus
band.Af
terpe
rus
aloft
her
ecor
dandpr
oce
edi
ngs
,

t
hel
ear
nedAddi
ti
onalSe
ssi
onsJ
udgewaspl
eas
edt
oal
low t
he

appe
al par
tl
y by di
rec
ting t
he pe
tit
ione
r/hus
band t
o pay

mai
nte
nanc
e atRs
.1,
000/
-pe
rmont
hfr
om t
he dat
e ofmai
n

appl
icat
ion.Thi
s appe
llat
e or
deri
simpugne
dint
he i
nst
ant

pe
tit
ion.

6 Af
tere
val
uat
ion ofe
vide
nceadduc
ed byt
hepar
ti
es,

f
oll
owi
ng ar
ethe obs
erv
ati
onsoft
he l
ear
ned Appe
llat
e Cour
t

f
oundi
npar
agr
aph10oft
hei
mpugne
djudgme
ntandor
derdat
ed

18thMar
ch2015:

“
10 The oppone
nt/
wif
e al
so admi
tt
edi
n he
r
c
ros
s-e
xami
nat
ion t
hats
he hasr
eti
redf
rom Bi
di
wor
k and s
hei
sal
so ge
tti
ng pe
nsi
on ofRs
.900/
-

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p.
m. Be
side
sthats
he i
s al
so ge
tti
ng Rs
.900/
-
t
owar
ds r
ent f
rom t
he t
enant
s. I
n s
uch
c
irc
ums
tanc
es,i
tappe
arst
hatt
heoppone
nt/
wif
eis
hav
ings
omes
our
ceofi
ncome
. Thus
,cons
ide
ring
t
he e
vide
nce on r
ecor
d,i
tcl
ear
ly appe
arst
hat
appe
llant
/hus
bandi
snow age
dabout65y
ear
sand
ge
tti
ng pe
nsi
on of Rs
.1700/
- p.
m. I
n s
uch
c
irc
ums
tanc
es,t
he mai
nte
nanc
e al
lowanc
e of
Rs
.5000/
-p.
m.awar
dedbyt
ri
alc
our
tappe
arst
obe
e
xor
bit
ant
,unr
eas
onabl
eandi
mpr
ope
r. The
ref
ore
,
t
hei
mpugne
dor
derhast
obemodi
fi
ed.Thepoi
nts
ar
e ans
wer
ed ac
cor
dingl
y and f
oll
owi
ng or
deri
s
pas
sed:
ORDER
1 Theappe
ali
spar
tl
yal
lowe
d.
2 The i
mpugne
d or
derdat
ed 8.
7.13 pas
sed by
J
MFC Sol
apuri
n Cr
i.
M.A.
No.
4/13 i
smodi
fi
ed
and i
nst
ead of mai
nte
nanc
e al
lowanc
e of
Rs
.5,
000/
- p.
m. t
he appe
llant
/hus
band i
s
di
rec
tedt
o pay mai
nte
nanc
e al
lowanc
e of
Rs
.1,
000/
-p.
m.,onl
yfr
om t
he dat
e ofmai
n
appl
icat
ion.
3 The i
mpugne
d or
der on ot
her as
pec
tis
mai
ntai
ned.
4 Thepar
ti
est
obe
art
hei
rownc
ost
s.

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5 RandPofCr
i.
M.A.
No.
4/13al
ongwi
thc
opyof
t
hisj
udgme
ntbes
entt
olowe
rcour
t.
”

I
tis
,thus
,cl
eart
hatt
her
esponde
nt/
wif
eisge
tti
ngpe
nsi
on of

Rs
.900/
-apar
tfr
om r
entatt
her
ateofRs
.900/
-pe
rmont
hfr
om

t
het
enant
s.Asagai
nstt
his
,ev
ide
nceonr
ecor
d,ase
val
uat
edby

t
hel
ear
nedAppe
llat
eCour
tshowst
hatt
hepe
tit
ione
r/hus
bandi
s

ge
tti
ngpe
nsi
onofRs
.1700/
-pe
rmont
h.Thel
ear
nedc
ouns
elf
or

t
hepe
tit
ione
r/hus
bandhasf
air
lys
ubmi
tt
edt
hate
vent
odayt
he

pe
tit
ione
r/hus
bandi
sge
tti
ngpe
nsi
onofRs
.1860/
-pe
rmont
h.

7 Quant
um ofmai
nte
nanc
eal
way
sli
esi
ndi
scr
eti
onof

t
hel
ear
nedt
ri
alMagi
str
ate
.Thes
aiddi
scr
eti
onc
anbei
nte
rfe
red

wi
th onl
y whe
niti
sshown t
o be e
xer
cis
ed ar
bit
rar
il
y and

c
apr
ici
ous
ly.Thel
ear
nedAppe
llat
eCour
tgav
epos
iti
vef
indi
ngon

t
hisas
pec
tandas
ses
sedt
hemai
nte
nanc
eatRs
.1,
000/
-pe
rmont
h

f
rom t
hedat
eofmai
nappl
icat
ion.

8 To my mi
nd, whe
n t
he i
ncome e
arne
d by t
he

r
espe
cti
ve par
ti
esar
econs
ide
red,i
tisappar
entt
hate
vent
he

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l
ear
ned Appe
llat
e Cour
thas note
xer
cis
edt
he di
scr
eti
on,i
n

awar
ding mai
nte
nanc
e,j
udi
cious
ly. Whe
nthe wi
fei
.e.t
he

aggr
iev
ed pe
rson,ass
eenf
rom t
he r
ecor
d,i
sge
tti
ng mont
hly

i
ncomeofRs
.1800/
-,asagai
nstt
hatofRs
.1700/
-,whi
chi
sbe
ing

e
arne
dbyt
hehus
bandbywayofpe
nsi
on,awar
dofmai
nte
nanc
e

ofRs
.1000/
-pe
rmont
htot
hewi
fec
annotbes
aidt
obel
egaland

pr
ope
rexe
rci
seofdi
scr
eti
on.Ul
ti
mat
ely
,asondat
e,t
hehus
band

i
smor
ethan 65 y
ear
sofage
.The
ref
ore
,the j
usta
nd pr
ope
r

mai
nte
nanc
epay
abl
ebyhi
m woul
dbeanamountofRs
.750/
-pe
r

mont
h.The
ref
ore
,theor
der:

ORDER

i
) Thepe
tit
ioni
sal
lowe
dpar
tl
y.

i
i) Thei
mpugne
dor
derdat
ed18th Mar
ch2015pas
sedbyt
he

l
ear
nedAddi
ti
onalSe
ssi
onsJ
udge
,Sol
apur
,isquas
hedand

s
etas
ide
.

i
ii
) Thepe
tit
ione
r/hus
bandi
sdi
rec
tedt
opaymai
nte
nanc
eof

Rs
.750/
-pe
rmont
htot
her
esponde
nt/
wif
efr
om t
hedat
eof

mai
nappl
icat
ion.

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i
v) Rul
eismadeabs
olut
einabov
ete
rms
.

v
) Thepe
tit
ions
tandsdi
spos
edof
fac
cor
dingl
y.

(
A.M.BADAR,J
.)

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