CHANDRASHEKAR Vs. SWAPNIL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The issue in the present appeals pertains to the grant of maintenance to the first respondent, who is the minor son of the appellant and the second respondent. The marriage between the appellant and the second respondent took place on 10 May 1999. The appellant sought a decree of divorce in 2010. The Principal Senior Civil Judge, Bagalkot passed a decree for divorce on 16 June 2015. The first respondent, who was born on 25 March 2004 is residing with his mother, the second respondent. The Family Court by its order dated 8 September 2017 directed the appellant to pay maintenance at the rate of Rs. 20,000 per month to the first respondent. The High Court, by its judgment dated 13 December 2019 dismissed RPFC No 100145/2017 instituted by the appellant under the provisions of Section 19(4) of the Family Court Act 1984 and declined to entertain the revision.

(3.) On 29 July 2020, while entertaining the Special Leave Petition under Article 136 of the Constitution, this Court passed the following order: