RABIN KUMAR CHANDRA Vs. SIKHA CHANDRA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS first appeal is at the instance of a defendant-husband in a suit for maintenance under the provision of the hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the act) and is directed against the judgment and decree dated 25th September, 2001 passed by the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Seventh Court, Alipore, in money Suit No. 41 of 1997 thereby passing a decree in favour of the plaintiff with a direction for payment of maintenance at the rate of Rs. 3,000/- a month for herself and the minor son of the parties.

(2.) BEING dissatisfied, the defendant-husband has preferred this appeal and at the same time, the plaintiff-wife has filed a cross-objection for enhancement of the amount to Rs. 5,000/- a month. Both the matters were taken up together.

(3.) THE amended plaint cases are as follows: