Wife is entitled to maintenance when there is sufficient cause for her to stay away from her husband
Bombay High Court: While deciding the appeal preferred against the judgement of the Sessions Court, which denied the maintenance granted by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Karad, M.S. Sonak J. modified the order of the Judicial Magistrate First Class and directed the respondent to pay maintenance on monthly basis to the applicant with effect from 1 January 2015 thereby setting aside the order of the Sessions Court. In the present case Mr. Sawant, learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the evidence on record does establish that the applicant was harassed and therefore compelled to live away from the respondent and the Additional Sessions Judge exceeded the bounds of revisional jurisdiction in interfering with the well reasoned decision of the Judicial Magistrate First Class. On the contrary counsel for the respondent Ms. Bhosale submitted that the Additional Sessions Judge, upon proper appreciation of the material on record has rightly held that the Applicant...