BHUWAN MOHAN SINGH Vs. MEENA
LAWS(SC)-2014-7-45
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (FROM: RAJASTHAN)
Decided on July 15,2014

Bhuwan Mohan Singh Appellant
VERSUS
MEENA Respondents





Cited Judgements :-

SHASHIKALA G. VS. HANUMANTHARAYAPPA [LAWS(KAR)-2019-9-300] [RERERRED TO]
SATEESH KUMAR NADIVI VS. H. S. SHAKTI [LAWS(KAR)-2019-8-60] [REFERRED TO]
GADELA SARADA VS. GEDELA RAJA KUMAR [LAWS(APH)-2022-9-59] [REFERRED TO]
MOHD. SAGEER QURESHI VS. SMT. TARMIN FATIMA & ANOTHER [LAWS(CHH)-2016-9-53] [REFERRED TO]
DHANI RAM BHATIA VS. KALAWATI AND ORS. [LAWS(HPH)-2015-7-109] [REFERRED TO]
MOHAMMAD USMAN ALIAS BHAI LAL VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2021-8-242] [REFERRED TO]
ASHISH JAISWAL VS. STATE OF U. P. [LAWS(ALL)-2024-4-69] [REFERRED TO]
BINITA DASS VS. UTTAM KUMAR [LAWS(DLH)-2019-8-103] [REFERRED TO]
MANJU SHARMA VS. VIPIN [LAWS(DLH)-2019-7-55] [REFERRED TO]
ATUL OMKAR SAHAY JAUHARI VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2018-12-192] [REFERRED TO]
AMIT RAMCHAND SAWLANI VS. CHITRA AMIT SAWLANI D/O SURINDER KODUMAL BHAGCHANDANI & 3 ORS [LAWS(GJH)-2016-8-98] [REFERRED]
NILESHKUMAR BHARATBHAI PANDYA & ORS VS. JIGNABEN NILESHKUMAR PANDYA & ANR [LAWS(GJH)-2016-7-350] [REFERRED]
MINAKSHI BHOWMIK NEE NASKAR VS. PURANDAR BHOWMIK [LAWS(CAL)-2022-7-68] [REFERRED TO]
KUSUM SHARMA VS. MAHINDER KUMAR SHARMA [LAWS(DLH)-2015-1-292] [REFERRED TO]
ANKUR GUPTA VS. STATE OF U. P. [LAWS(ALL)-2021-3-41] [REFERRED TO]
MITHILESH MAURYA VS. STATE OF U.P [LAWS(ALL)-2021-1-188] [REFERRED TO]
DEVINDER SINGH VS. JOGINDER KAUR [LAWS(P&H)-2020-5-12] [REFERRED TO]
SHAHJAHAN VS. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH [LAWS(SC)-2025-2-144] [REFERRED TO]
HEMARADDI VS. YALLAWWA AND ORS. [LAWS(KAR)-2015-6-179] [REFERRED TO]
SANTOSH VS. VEENA AND ORS. [LAWS(KAR)-2015-7-184] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESH GOULI VS. MEENAKSHI [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-121] [REFERRED]
ANITA VS. PRASHANT [LAWS(KAR)-2016-7-214] [REFERRED]
MD ALAMGIR ANSARI VS. STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2019-12-86] [REFERRED TO]
ELIZABETH PAUL VS. PAUL ITHAPPIRI [LAWS(KER)-2019-11-45] [REFERRED TO]
PRASAD VS. PREMA [LAWS(KER)-2018-4-123] [REFERRED TO]
NARESH SOMDATTA GUPTA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT & 3 [LAWS(GJH)-2016-9-132] [REFERRED]
PARULBEN WIFE OF PRADIPBHAI MANSUKHBHAI GAMIT & 1 VS. PRADEEPBHAI MANSUKHBHAI GAMIT & 1 [LAWS(GJH)-2016-9-118] [REFERRED]
FIROJABANU ANVARHUSSAIN SHAIKH VS. STATE OF GUJARAT & 1 [LAWS(GJH)-2015-10-195] [REFERRED]
RAMANDEEP PALVINDERSINGH OBEROI VS. PALVINDERSINGH SAMPURANSINGH OBEROI & 1 [LAWS(GJH)-2015-7-145] [REFERRED]
ISHANT NAGPAL VS. POOJA NAGPAL & ANOTHER [LAWS(DLH)-2019-5-300] [REFERRED TO]
VARUN KAPUR VS. NEHA KAPUR [LAWS(DLH)-2019-7-58] [REFERRED TO]
ALKA VS. STATE OF U. P. [LAWS(ALL)-2024-3-71] [REFERRED TO]
SHISH JAISWAL VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2024-4-13] [REFERRED TO]
AVIRAL JAIN VS. STATE OF U P & ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2017-5-512] [REFERRED TO]
PUSHPA BAI VS. KAPIL SAHU [LAWS(CHH)-2016-10-18] [REFERRED TO]
DINESH KHUSHALDAS SAMBAWANI VS. MALA DINESH SHAMBWANI [LAWS(GJH)-2024-3-212] [REFERRED TO]
JAHANARA BEGUM, W/O MD. RUSTOM ALI BHUYAN, D/O LATE AKBAR ALI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE VS. STATE OF ASSAM & ANOTHER [LAWS(GAU)-2016-11-40] [REFERRED TO]
SIDRATHUL MUNTHAHA VS. THARIK [LAWS(KER)-2022-8-119] [REFERRED TO]
VIJEESH VIJAYAN VS. AJITHA [LAWS(KER)-2014-10-73] [REFERRED TO]
BIMLA DEVI VS. SHAMSHER SINGH [LAWS(DLH)-2015-8-210] [REFERRED TO]
PREMA VS. PRASAD, S/O. NARAYANAN [LAWS(KER)-2018-4-257] [REFERRED TO]
SRI.ABDULLA S/O NIYAZ AHMED SHAIKH VS. SMT.NASREEN D/O ABDULLA SHAIKH AND ORS. [LAWS(KAR)-2018-2-380] [REFERRED TO]
MOHANCHANDRA BASAWANTRAO MOHAGOANKAR VS. SURESH MOHANCHANRA [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-37] [REFERRED TO]
YASHAVANT VS. RAJESHWARI [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-117] [REFERRED]
MANZOOR ILAHI S/O HUSSAIN BASHA SAYYED AMEEN VS. SALMA KAUSAR W/O MANZOOR ILAHI SAYYED AMEEN [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-179] [REFERRED]
K V PADMA VS. K S VASU [LAWS(KAR)-2018-3-198] [REFERRED TO]
MAHANTAYYA S/O GANGAYYA HIREMATH VS. GOURAMMA W/O MAHANTHAYYA [LAWS(KAR)-2018-3-260] [REFERRED TO]
NAINI RAJENDER REDDY VS. STATE OF TELANGANA [LAWS(TLNG)-2021-9-78] [REFERRED TO]
N.RAJAPPA VS. LAXMIDEVI [LAWS(KAR)-2022-9-440] [REFERRED TO]
SURAT SINGH VS. SHARDA SH. KUNDAN [LAWS(HPH)-2021-8-66] [REFERRED TO]
URVASHI AGGARWAL VS. INDERPAUL AGGARWAL [LAWS(DLH)-2021-6-8] [REFERRED TO]
G. KRISHNAMURTHY VS. M.N. MADHUSHREE [LAWS(KAR)-2015-10-182] [REFERRED TO]
SABBU SUNIL VS. CHANNA VARDHINI [LAWS(KAR)-2015-7-349] [REFERRED TO]
KISHAN KUMAR SAW VS. STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2024-4-39] [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY KUMAR MUKHERJEE AND ORS. VS. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND AND ORS. [LAWS(JHAR)-2019-3-141] [REFERRED TO]
DILIP KUMAR SINGH VS. SMT. CHANDA KUMARI [LAWS(JHAR)-2021-3-1] [REFERRED TO]
MAHENDRA PRAKASH VIVEK VS. KUMARI PUNAM BHARTI [LAWS(JHAR)-2016-10-44] [REFERRED TO]
SHINU KUMAR S. PILLAI VS. BINDU SUKUMARA PILLAI [LAWS(KER)-2023-11-118] [REFERRED TO]
MANOJ BATRA VS. SIMRAN BATRA AND ORS. [LAWS(P&H)-2019-10-183] [REFERRED TO]
GUNJAN VS. GAURAV KUMAR BHATIA [LAWS(P&H)-2015-5-101] [REFERRED TO]
ARSHAD VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2019-12-15] [REFERRED TO]
RUPESH KUMAR MISHRA VS. CHOTI DEVI [LAWS(PAT)-2019-12-121] [REFERRED TO]
BHAGWANDAS VS. PANPATI SHAH [LAWS(MPH)-2023-5-125] [REFERRED TO]
RAJNESH VS. NEHA [LAWS(SC)-2020-11-5] [REFERRED TO]
RAJANBHAI KARSANBHAI RATHOD VS. STATE OF GUJARAT & 1 [LAWS(GJH)-2016-9-55] [REFERRED]
GULSHAN BANO VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2025-2-5] [REFERRED TO]
MEENA GAUR VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2025-1-20] [REFERRED TO]
PRAVEEN VS. GANAPAT JEDHE [LAWS(KAR)-2020-3-191] [REFERRED TO]
RIDHAM (MINOR) THROUGH HER MOTHER RAMAN KUMARI VS. VISHAL DHARWAL [LAWS(HPH)-2017-11-70] [REFERRED TO]
LAXMANBHAI KARSANBHAI CHAUHAN VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2024-7-150] [REFERRED TO]
RANGESH SHARMA VS. NEHA SHARMA [LAWS(CHH)-2022-11-10] [REFERRED TO]
VEJENDLA SUGUNAMMA VS. VEJENDLA IRMEIAH [LAWS(APH)-2021-4-60] [REFERRED TO]
DEEPALI LENGADE VS. SANDEEP LENGADE [LAWS(KAR)-2023-9-40] [REFERRED TO]
RAMAKRISHNA VS. VIDYA [LAWS(KAR)-2022-5-42] [REFERRED TO]
SANGEETA VS. BAPU [LAWS(KAR)-2022-7-1402] [REFERRED TO]
MADHUSUDAN, SON OF DAYANAND SINGH, RESIDENT OF SHAHDEO NAGAR, P.O. HEHAL, P.S. PANDRA O.P., DISTRICT RANCHI VS. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND [LAWS(JHAR)-2017-1-34] [REFERRED TO]
SHIVAJI VS. AMBUBAI [LAWS(KAR)-2018-2-350] [REFERRED TO]
BHUVANESHWARI @ REVAMMA W/O ASHOK TOTAD VS. ASKOH S/O GURUPADAPPA TOTAD [LAWS(KAR)-2018-3-228] [REFERRED TO]
SUNITA VS. SHARANU [LAWS(KAR)-2018-3-356] [REFERRED TO]
ANDAPPA VS. MADAVVA CLAIMING TO BE THE WIFE OF ANDAPPA KUMBAR AND ORS. [LAWS(KAR)-2015-7-232] [REFERRED TO]
ASHOK KUMAR VS. NEETU [LAWS(DLH)-2023-1-202] [REFERRED TO]
SANDEEP WALIA VS. MONIKA UPPAL [LAWS(DLH)-2022-7-150] [REFERRED TO]
VASU BAJAJ VS. RAKESH BAJAJ [LAWS(DLH)-2023-8-25] [REFERRED TO]
MD. NIJAMUDDIN ANSARI @ NIJAMUDDIN VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2019-12-61] [REFERRED TO]
BIBI SABINA KHATOON VS. MD. IRSHAD [LAWS(PAT)-2022-7-23] [REFERRED TO]
PANKAJ VERMA VS. PADMA @ PAYAL VERMA & ANR [LAWS(MPH)-2017-8-233] [REFERRED TO]
PANKAJ VERMA VS. PADMA @ PAYAL VERMA & ANR [LAWS(MPH)-2017-8-233] [REFERRED TO]
SHAMIMA FAROOQUI VS. SHAHID KHAN [LAWS(SC)-2015-4-2] [REFERRED TO]
JAYESWAR NAMASUDRA VS. NAMITA SARKAR [LAWS(TRIP)-2024-2-2] [REFERRED TO]
DOLLY SONI VS. RAVI PRAKASH SONI [LAWS(MPH)-2018-9-36] [REFERRED TO]
AJAY ROHIT VS. JYOTI ROHIT [LAWS(MPH)-2017-11-279] [REFERRED TO]
RAJIV GUPTA VS. SUJATA GUPTA AND ORS. [LAWS(P&H)-2015-10-106] [REFERRED TO]
SUPRIYA BHATTACHARJEE AND ORS. VS. DEBABRATA CHAKRABORTY [LAWS(TRIP)-2021-1-1] [REFERRED TO]
CAPTAIN RAMESH KUMAR DEEWAN VS. ASHUMA DEEWAN [LAWS(TLNG)-2023-11-95] [REFERRED TO]
MOHD. ABDUL SAMAD VS. STATE OF TELANGANA [LAWS(SC)-2024-7-45] [REFERRED TO]
SANTHINI VS. VIJAYA VENKETESH [LAWS(SC)-2017-10-16] [REFERRED TO]
PRATIBHA SINGH VS. VINEET KUMAR [LAWS(KAR)-2023-2-373] [REFERRED TO]
VIVEK ANANTHA NAYAK VS. VARSHA NAYAK [LAWS(KAR)-2023-10-82] [REFERRED TO]
PURUSHOTHAMA VS. B.NETHRA [LAWS(KAR)-2022-7-603] [REFERRED TO]
SEENAPPA VS. GOWRAMMA [LAWS(KAR)-2016-6-257] [REFERRED]
GIRIJA W/O BASAYYA SWAMY VS. BASAYYA S/O SIDDAYYA SWAMY [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-109] [REFERRED]
JAVED SAYYED VS. RESHMA AND ORS. [LAWS(KAR)-2015-6-184] [REFERRED TO]
SHARANAMMA W/O SHASHIDHAR VS. SHASHIDHAR S/O VEERASANGAPPA [LAWS(KAR)-2018-3-431] [REFERRED TO]
S MURUGAN VS. TAMILARASI [LAWS(MAD)-2016-6-325] [REFERRED]
POOJA VS. SANJAY CHOPRA [LAWS(DLH)-2021-2-121] [REFERRED TO]
ABDUL GAFOOR VS. SHEERA BANU [LAWS(KER)-2023-12-78] [REFERRED TO]
SHIJU JOY VS. NISHA [LAWS(KER)-2023-2-193] [REFERRED TO]
VIKRAM VAMAN APTE VS. PRIYANKA VIKRAM APTE [LAWS(GJH)-2024-7-105] [REFERRED TO]
VIMALA MARY JOSE VS. SHAJI JACOB [LAWS(KER)-2014-8-190] [REFERRED TO]
REKHA GAUTAM VS. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH [LAWS(ALL)-2022-3-69] [REFERRED TO]
RAJ KUMAR SRIVASTAVA VS. SMT. UMA DEVI SRIVASTAVA & ANOTHER [LAWS(ALL)-2017-2-2] [REFERRED TO]
SUNDER LAL SAINI VS. MEENA SAINI [LAWS(DLH)-2021-11-15] [REFERRED TO]
MANISH DIVEDI VS. JYOTSANA [LAWS(DLH)-2019-10-174] [REFERRED TO]
DHAVAL RAJESHBHAI SHAH VS. KINJALBEN DHAVALBHAI SHAH & 1 [LAWS(GJH)-2016-9-117] [REFERRED]
VEERASHETTY SURESH CHAWAN AND ANOTHER VS. SURESH GHANU CHAWAN [LAWS(KAR)-2017-4-48] [REFERRED TO]
SATISH KUMAR DAHIYA VS. SHIVANI DAHIYA [LAWS(DLH)-2024-8-120] [REFERRED TO]
PRAVEEN VS. DEEPA @ VIJAYALAXMI [LAWS(KAR)-2018-3-257] [REFERRED TO]
SURYAPRAKASH S/O G SIDDANAGOUDA VS. MALLAMMA W/O SURYAPRAKASH [LAWS(KAR)-2018-4-354] [REFERRED TO]
P. SURESH VS. S. DEEPA AND ORS. [LAWS(KAR)-2016-4-8] [REFERRED TO]
SABANIGAR VS. SAMEER [LAWS(KAR)-2015-7-183] [REFERRED TO]
MAHADEVA SWAMY VS. SMT. SHASHIKALA AND ANOTHER [LAWS(KAR)-2016-9-105] [REFERRED TO]
SOMESHWAR VS. RANJU [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-114] [REFERRED]
KIRAN VS. VEDICA [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-116] [REFERRED]
RAVIKIRAN S/O VITTALRAO SHINDE VS. SHRUTI W/O RAVIKIRAN SHINDE [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-178] [REFERRED]
JITENDRA KUMAR GARG VS. MANJU GARG [LAWS(DLH)-2022-4-256] [REFERRED TO]
ABHISHAT CHAUDHARY VS. SHILPA CHAUDHARY [LAWS(DLH)-2019-7-68] [REFERRED TO]
DHEERA N.G VS. SIMESH S [LAWS(KER)-2023-6-150] [REFERRED TO]
SHIJU JOY.A. VS. NISHA [LAWS(KER)-2021-3-28] [REFERRED TO]
MITESHBHAI DINKARBHAI MAKVANA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2025-3-64] [REFERRED TO]
BLASIYUS KERKETTA VS. DEEPMALA KERKETTA [LAWS(CHH)-2017-3-95] [REFERRED TO]
AJIT KUMAR VS. KIRTI BAI [LAWS(CHH)-2014-7-21] [REFERRED TO]
SUMANA PARUCHURI VS. JAKKA VINOD KUMAR REDDY [LAWS(TLNG)-2024-3-23] [REFERRED TO]
VATHALUR SREEDHARA REDDY VS. BHARATHI REDDY [LAWS(TLNG)-2021-9-77] [REFERRED TO]
R. SMITHA SUBRAMANYACHAR VS. MANJUNATH S K [LAWS(KAR)-2024-1-129] [REFERRED TO]
AJAY KUMAR MISHRA VS. USHA DEVI [LAWS(JHAR)-2022-3-132] [REFERRED TO]
KAVITA LAKHERA VS. NIRMAL LAKHERA [LAWS(MPH)-2022-11-48] [REFERRED TO]
PRAVEEN SRIVASTAVA VS. STATE OF U. P. [LAWS(ALL)-2021-2-35] [REFERRED TO]
SANDEEP TRIPATHI VS. STATE OF U. P. [LAWS(ALL)-2021-2-140] [REFERRED TO]
SHIV KUMAR SRIVAS VS. STATE OF U.P [LAWS(ALL)-2020-11-142] [REFERRED TO]
KARISHMA W/O. RAVINDRA KUMAVAT & ANR. VS. RAVINDRA S/O. EKNATH KUMAVAT [LAWS(BOM)-2016-6-250] [REFERRED TO]
PRAKASH S RANDIVE VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR [LAWS(BOM)-2016-9-127] [REFERRED]
GANGAVARAPU GURINDAPALLI NISSI VS. GANGAVARAPU RAVINDRA BABU [LAWS(APH)-2022-7-6] [REFERRED TO]
SHANKH SAXENA VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2024-9-43] [REFERRED TO]
ABRAHAM THOMAS PUTHOORAN VS. MANJU ABRAHAM [LAWS(KER)-2021-9-89] [REFERRED TO]
SHAJI VS. SHARMINA [LAWS(KER)-2023-11-197] [REFERRED TO]
DHARMAPPA S/O SHANTAPPA LALI VS. PREMA W/O DHRMAPPA LALI [LAWS(KAR)-2018-9-292] [REFERRED TO]
NEERAJ KUMAR PATHAK VS. SMT. RITU PATHAK W/O NEERAJ PATHAK [LAWS(CHH)-2016-10-33] [REFERRED TO]
PARESH RAMESHCHANDRA SHASTRI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2024-3-69] [REFERRED TO]
SIMABEN MAHESHBHAI SONI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT & 7 [LAWS(GJH)-2015-10-351] [REFERRED]
RAJESHBHAI BHIKHABHAI PRAJAPATI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT & 1 [LAWS(GJH)-2016-8-91] [REFERRED]
SHEULI BEGAM VS. MD. KANU MIAH [LAWS(TRIP)-2019-9-66] [REFERRED TO]
ANURADHA @ SHIKHA AND ANOTHER VS. SUNIL KUMAR [LAWS(RAJ)-2016-1-173] [REFERRED TO]
RINA KUMARI @ RINA DEVI @ REENA VS. DINESH KUMAR MAHTO @ DINESH KUMAR MAHATO [LAWS(SC)-2025-1-48] [REFERRED TO]
ABDULLA VS. NASREEN [LAWS(KAR)-2018-2-171] [REFERRED TO]
BHIMANAGOUDA VS. JAYASHRI [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-79] [REFERRED]
NAGAMMA VS. SURYAKANT [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-81] [REFERRED]
GAUTAM VS. VIRAJ AND ORS. [LAWS(KAR)-2015-7-260] [REFERRED TO]
RAVIKUMAR VS. SMT. SOUBHAGYALAXMI @ LAXMI [LAWS(KAR)-2016-2-352] [REFERRED TO]
AUGUSTIN PROMOD KUMAR S/O N SAMUAL ARKERA KHURD VS. SUNITHA W/O AUGUSTIN PRAMOD KUMAR [LAWS(KAR)-2018-3-101] [REFERRED TO]
NIRMALA W/O DATTU @ DATTAPPA NAIKODI VS. DATTU @ DATTAPPA S/O MARUTI NAIKODI [LAWS(KAR)-2018-3-397] [REFERRED TO]
SAIBANNA S/O SHIVAPPA PALLA VS. MAHADEVI W/O SAIBANNA PALLA [LAWS(KAR)-2018-4-355] [REFERRED TO]
DHIRENDER KUMAR VS. BALA [LAWS(DLH)-2023-7-91] [REFERRED TO]
SUBHASH CHAND VS. MAYA [LAWS(DLH)-2025-2-62] [REFERRED TO]
BABITA BISHT VS. DHARMENDER SINGH BISHT [LAWS(DLH)-2019-5-252] [REFERRED TO]
ABHISHAT CHAUDHARY VS. SHILPA CHAUDHARY [LAWS(DLH)-2019-7-495] [REFERRED TO]
PRAHALAD PRASAD VS. SWETA KUMARI [LAWS(JHAR)-2023-4-113] [REFERRED TO]
SUMAN KUNDRA VS. SANJEEV KUNDRA [LAWS(DLH)-2015-5-382] [REFERRED TO]
MD. ARSHAD, LATE MD. KALIM @ MD. KALAM, VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2019-12-83] [REFERRED TO]
VISHVAJIT KUMAR VS. SHAWETA KUMAR [LAWS(PAT)-2019-7-261] [REFERRED TO]
SHYLAJA S. R. VS. HAREESHA A. [LAWS(KAR)-2024-2-117] [REFERRED TO]
SRI SANTANU GHOSH VS. SHILA RANI GHOSH [LAWS(TRIP)-2024-4-6] [REFERRED TO]
AKHIL SARDA VS. RAJMANI SARDA [LAWS(RAJ)-2021-3-160] [REFERRED TO]
NITESH VS. AARTI [LAWS(RAJ)-2020-3-89] [REFERRED TO]
ANJU GARG VS. DEEPAK KUMAR GARG [LAWS(SC)-2022-9-122] [REFERRED TO]
ARCHANA VERMA AND ORS. VS. MADHUR VERMA AND ORS. [LAWS(P&H)-2015-11-7] [REFERRED TO]
NITIN SHARMA VS. SUNITA SHARMA [LAWS(DLH)-2021-2-18] [REFERRED TO]
SHIKHAR GOEL VS. ROBINA KAUSHIK [LAWS(DLH)-2021-11-193] [REFERRED TO]
JAGANNATH S/O SOMSHEKHAR MALIPATIL VS. SHARANAMMA W/O JAGANNATH MALIPATIL [LAWS(KAR)-2018-3-432] [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY VS. ASHWINI [LAWS(KAR)-2016-2-439] [REFERRED]
SHANTLING VS. SHASHIKALA @ GAYATRI [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-115] [REFERRED]
SURESH VS. RENUKA W/O SURESH BHAJANTRI [LAWS(KAR)-2016-8-177] [REFERRED]
SANGEETA SARTHI VS. DHANANJAY SARTHI [LAWS(CHH)-2016-5-14] [REFERRED TO]
CHEPURI HANUMANTHA RAO VS. CHEPURI UMA BALA, HYDERABAD [LAWS(APH)-2017-2-33] [REFERRED TO]
REEMA SALKAN VS. SUMER SINGH SALKAN [LAWS(DLH)-2018-5-567] [REFERRED TO]
ASHA KARKI VS. RAJESH KARKI [LAWS(DLH)-2020-1-243] [REFERRED TO]
MOOL CHANDRA VS. STATE OF U.P [LAWS(ALL)-2021-2-13] [REFERRED TO]
YOGESHWARI NILESH JOSHI D/O. JAYPRAKASH DAVE VS. NILESH NATWARLAL JOSHI [LAWS(GJH)-2016-6-142] [REFERRED TO]
NIRUPA @ RITU AVINASH VYAS VS. AVINASH MUKUNDRAI VYAS & 1 ORS [LAWS(GJH)-2016-9-98] [REFERRED]
SAU. KALPNA W/O PANKAJ ROZATKAR VS. PANKAJ S/O SUPADU ROZATKAR [LAWS(BOM)-2017-12-350] [REFERRED TO]
MRS. AMEE SHARAN DESAI VS. MR. SHARAN SANJEEV DESAI [LAWS(BOM)-2016-8-97] [REFERRED TO]
SRI PRAVEEN S/O: GANAPAT JEDHE VS. SMT. SUJATA @ PRANALI W/O: PRAVEEN JEDHE [LAWS(KAR)-2020-3-229] [REFERRED TO]
VINEETHA THOMAS VS. SQD.LDR.DR.PRAVEEN KUMAR BORUSHETTY S/O BHADRAIAH BORUSHETTY [LAWS(KAR)-2022-12-13] [REFERRED TO]
AZEEF C. A. VS. YASMIN AZEEF [LAWS(KER)-2024-1-197] [REFERRED TO]
AKHILESH KUMAR JAGATRAMKA VS. GANESH KUMAR JAGATRAMKA [LAWS(CHH)-2018-5-48] [REFERRED TO]
KARASI ANUPAMA VS. KARASI ANIL KUMAR [LAWS(APH)-2020-11-66] [REFERRED TO]
AMBATI VENKATESWARLU VS. STATE OF A.P. [LAWS(APH)-2022-8-91] [REFERRED TO]
RITA DEY CHOWDHURY NEE NANDY VS. DR. KALYAN DEY CHOWDHURY [LAWS(CAL)-2016-9-48] [REFERRED TO]
SMT. RADHA DEVI AND OTHERS VS. RAM SINGH [LAWS(HPH)-2016-7-47] [REFERRED TO]
ANUP SAHANI VS. STATE OF U.P. [LAWS(ALL)-2020-11-123] [REFERRED TO]
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JUDGEMENT

- (1.)Leave granted.
(2.)The two issues that pronouncedly emanate in this appeal by special leave are whether the Family Court while deciding an application under Section 7 of the Family Court Act, 1984 (for brevity, "the Act") which includes determination of grant of maintenance to the persons as entitled under that provision, should allow adjournments in an extremely liberal manner remaining oblivious of objects and reasons of the Act and also keeping the windows of wisdom closed and the sense of judicial responsiveness suspended to the manifest perceptibility of vagrancy, destitution, impecuniosity, struggle for survival and the emotional fracture, a wife likely to face under these circumstances and further exhibiting absolute insensitivity to her condition, who, after loosing support of the husband who has failed to husband the marital status denies the wife to have maintenance for almost nine years as that much time is consumed to decide the lis and, in addition, to restrict the grant of maintenance to the date of order on some kind of individual notion. Both the approaches, as we perceive, not only defeat the command of the legislature but also frustrate the hope of wife and children who are deprived of adequate livelihood and whose aspirations perish like mushroom and possibly the brief candle of sustenance joins the marathon race of extinction. This delay in adjudication by the Family Court is not only against human rights but also against the basic embodiment of dignity of an individual.
(3.)Be it ingeminated that Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short "the Code") was conceived to ameliorate the agony, anguish, financial suffering of a woman who left her matrimonial home for the reasons provided in the provision so that some suitable arrangements can be made by the Court and she can sustain herself and also her children if they are with her. The concept of sustenance does not necessarily mean to lead the life of an animal, feel like an unperson to be thrown away from grace and roam for her basic maintenance somewhere else. She is entitled in law to lead a life in the similar manner as she would have lived in the house of her husband. That is where the status and strata come into play, and that is where the obligations of the husband, in case of a wife, become a prominent one. In a proceeding of this nature, the husband cannot take subterfuges to deprive her of the benefit of living with dignity. Regard being had to the solemn pledge at the time of marriage and also in consonance with the statutory law that governs the field, it is the obligation of the husband to see that the wife does not become a destitute, a beggar. A situation is not to be maladroitly created whereunder she is compelled to resign to her fate and think of life "dust unto dust". It is totally impermissible. In fact, it is the sacrosanct duty to render the financial support even if the husband is required to earn money with physical labour, if he is able bodied. There is no escape route unless there is an order from the Court that the wife is not entitled to get maintenance from the husband on any legally permissible grounds.


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