RINA KUMARI @ RINA DEVI @ REENA Vs. DINESH KUMAR MAHTO @ DINESH KUMAR MAHATO
LAWS(SC)-2025-1-48
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Decided on January 10,2025

Rina Kumari @ Rina Devi @ Reena Appellant
VERSUS
Dinesh Kumar Mahto @ Dinesh Kumar Mahato Respondents


Referred Judgements :-

HEM RAJ VS. URMILA DEVI [REFERRED TO]
KAVUNGAL KOOPPAKKATTU ZEENATH VS. MUNDAKKATTU SULFIKERALI [REFERRED TO]
AMRITA SINGH VS. RATAN SINGH [REFERRED TO]
JAGIR KAUR VS. JASWANT SINGH [REFERRED TO]
RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHAL VS. VEENA KAUSHAL [REFERRED TO]
KIRTIKANT D VADODARIA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [REFERRED TO]
ROHTAS SINGH VS. RAMENDRI [REFERRED TO]
PRANEEN MEHTA VS. INDERJIT MEHTA [REFERRED TO]
K G PREMSHNKER VS. INSPECTOR OF POLICE [REFERRED TO]
SHANTI KUMAR PANDA VS. SHANKUNTALA DEVI [REFERRED TO]
IQBAL SINGH MARWAH VS. MEENAKSHI MARWAH [REFERRED TO]
CHATURBHUJ VS. SITA BAI [REFERRED TO]
GIRISHBHAI BABUBHAI RAJA VS. HANSABEN GIRISHCHANDRA [REFERRED TO]
K NARAYANA RAO VS. BHAGYALAKSHMI [REFERRED TO]
AMINA MOHAMMEDALI KHOJA VS. MOHAMMEDALI RAMJANALI KHOJA [REFERRED TO]
SAMPURAN SINGH VS. GURDEV KAUR [REFERRED TO]
RAVI KUMAR VS. SANTOSH KUMARI [REFERRED TO]
FAKRUDDIN SHAMSUDDIN SAIYED VS. BAI JENAB [REFERRED TO]
BADSHAH VS. SAU. URMILA BADSHAH GODSE [REFERRED TO]
BHUWAN MOHAN SINGH VS. MEENA [REFERRED TO]
SHAMIMA FAROOQUI VS. SHAHID KHAN [REFERRED TO]
RAJNESH VS. NEHA [REFERRED TO]


JUDGEMENT

SANJAY KUMAR,J. - (1.)Leave granted.
(2.)Will a husband, who secures a decree for restitution of conjugal rights, stand absolved of paying maintenance to his wife by virtue of Sec. 125(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, if his wife refuses to abide by the said decree and return to the matrimonial home?
(3.)This intriguing question was answered in the affirmative by a learned Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, vide order dtd. 4/8/2023 in Criminal Revision No. 440 of 2022. Aggrieved, Rina Kumari @ Rina Devi @ Reena, the wife, is in appeal.


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