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user (Desig)     27 March 2012

Rcr - maintanance case

Can you please suggest what should be next step for me?

I have filed RCR against my wife, In first sitting of counselling she had come with all false hand.

And she was asking magistrate for money to take care her and children.

And judge was saying her "we will see in the next sitting what she can do."

I am presuming she may back fire on me with section 125 maintanance case.

If she files maintance case,  does it indicate is she NOT going attening matrimony home?

What is the next step should I do?

By the way can I  show audio conversation clip to magistrate  at the time counselling to show my

cleanliness?

Please advice.

Thanks.



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adv. rajeev ( rajoo ) (practicing advocate)     27 March 2012

she can file an application seeking maintenace in the pending case or she may go for another case u/s 125 of cr.p.c..  You have to contes the case.  In 125 case you have to prove that you have not neglected her willfully.

user (Desig)     27 March 2012

Thanks sir.

I am wondering here.... husband is willing to take her to matrimony home. Then What is this maintenance case?

Please clarify.

SAINATH DEVALLA (LEGAL CONSULTANT)     27 March 2012

Dear Querist,

You can contest if she files 125 crpc,for maintenance.As far as the audio evidence is concerned,it will be acceptd only after through verification.

For your information I am giving section 125 crpc.

 

125. Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents.


 

(1) If any person leaving sufficient means neglects or refuses to maintain- 

(a) His wife, unable to maintain herself, or

(b) His legitimate or illegitimate minor child, whether married or not, unable to maintain itself, or (c) His legitimate or illegitimate child (not being a married daughter) who has attained majority, where such child is, by reason of any physical or mental abnormality or injury unable to maintain itself, or(d) His father or mother, unable to maintain himself or herself,

A Magistrate of' the first class may, upon proof of such neglect or refusal, order such person to make a monthly allowance for the maintenance of his wife or such child, father or mother, at such monthly rate1[***] as such magistrate thinks fit, and to pay the same to such person as the Magistrate may from time to time direct:: 

Provided that the Magistrate may order the father of a minor female child referred to in clause (b) to make such allowance, until she attains her majority, if the Magistrate is satisfied that the husband of such minor female child, if married, is not possessed of' sufficient means. 

2[Provided further that the Magistrate may, during the pendency of the Proceeding regarding monthly allowance for the maintenance under this sub-section, order such person to make a monthly allowance for the interim maintenance of his wife or such child, father or mother, and the expenses of such proceeding which the Magistrate considers reasonable, and to pay the same to such person as the Magistrate may from time to time direct: 

Provided also that an application for the monthly allowance for the interim maintenance and expenses for proceeding under the second proviso shall, as far as possible, be disposed of within sixty days from the date of the service of notice of the application to such person] 

Explanation. For the purposes of this Chapter. 

(a) Minor means a person who, under the provisions of the Indian Majority Act, 1975 (9 of 1875) is deemed not to have attained his majority; 

(b) "Wife" includes a woman who has been divorced by, or has obtained a divorce from, her husband and has not remarried. 

3[(2) Any Such allowance for the maintenance or interim maintenance and expenses for proceeding shall be payable from the date of the order, or, if so ordered, from the date of the application for maintenance or interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case may be.]

 (3) If any Person so ordered fails without sufficient cause to company with the order, any such Magistrate may, for every breach of the order, issue a warrant for levying the amount due in the manner provided for levying fines, and may sentence such person, for the whole, or any part of each month's 4[ allowance for the maintenance or the interim maintenance and expenses of proceeding, as the case be,] remaining unpaid after the execution of the warrant, to imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month or until payment if sooner made: 

Provided that no warrant shall be issued for the recovery of any amount due under this section unless application be made to the court to levy such amount within a period of one year from the dare on which it became due:

Provided further that if such person offers to maintain his wife on condition of her living with him, and she refuses to live with him, such Magistrate may consider any grounds of refusal stated by her, and may make an order under this section notwithstanding such offer, if he is satisfied that there is just ground for so doing. 

Explanation. If a husband has contracted marriage with another woman or keeps a mistress, it shall be considered to just ground for his wife's refusal to live with him.(4) No wife shall be entitled to receive an allowance from her husband under this section she is living in adultery, or if, without any sufficient reason, she refuses to live with her, husband, or if they are living separately by mutual consent. 

(5) On proof that any wife in whose favour an order has been made under this section is living in adultery, or that without sufficient reason she refuses to, live with her, husband, or that they are living separately by mutual consent, the Magistrate shall cancel the order.

 

 

 

Adv.R.P.Chugh (Advocate/Legal Consultant (rpchughadvocatesupremecourt@hotmail.com))     27 March 2012

Dear Querist,

When she files 125 CrPC - she'd have to prove - wilful neglect on your part to maintain - and her inability to maintain herself. You can contest her plea by making an offer of her living with you - by which the onus would be shifted on her to prove to the court that she has sufficient cause for living apart and asking for maintenance. 

user (Desig)     27 March 2012

In my case of RCR, if she prooves sufficient reasons to live with husband,  and does not want to come to matrimony home, then what is the result of RCR?

Husband keep paying maintenance throught out the life or what?????

and No divorce with wife aswell??????

Can you please clarify?

user (Desig)     27 March 2012

In my case of RCR, if she prooves sufficient causes NOT to live with husband, and does not want to come

to matrimony home, then what is the result of RCR.

In case if she files maintanance case, hubby want to pay without objection,

Does it sanction of of divorce?

or with no divorce he will pay maintanance continuosly.

 

Thanks


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