City Briefs
court quashes man’s appeal against grant of interim maintenance to wife
New Delhi: The intent of the provision of interim maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act empowers the court to pass such directions as it deems just and proper, said a court here while quashing an appeal against the grant of interim maintenance to a woman. A magisterial court granted the interim maintenance to the woman and her minor child in March this year. Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Pahuja was hearing the husband’s appeal assailing the magistrate’s order, claiming he was earning Rs 12,500 per month, of which the magisterial court granted Rs 3,000 each to his wife and minor child. The appellant said that the grant of 50 per cent of his income was against the principles of natural justice. “The intent of the provision of interim maintenance (is) that (it) empowers the court to pass such interim orders as it deems just and proper. The monetary relief is provided to save the aggrieved person from financial crises due to domestic violence and to sustain herself,” ASJ Pahuja said in an order passed last week. “The appellant is the husband who has a duty to maintain his wife and child, so his income has to be divided between him and his wife and minor child which is aptly done in this case,” he added. The sessions court also agreed with the magistrate’s finding that the husband was earning more than Rs 12,500 per month. It said even otherwise it was not a final order and the magisterial court had merely granted interim maintenance, which was applicable till the case was disposed of. “This court does not find any merits in this argument put forth by the counsel for the appellant, (which) thus, stands rejected,” the court said, adding that “present appeal stands dismissed being devoid of merits”.
108 kg of firecrackers recovered from Delhi’s Ashok Nagar, 1 held
New Delhi: A man was arrested with 108 kg of firecrackers in northeast Delhi’s Ashok Nagar area, police said. The Delhi government has announced a blanket ban on the manufacture, storage, sale and bursting of firecrackers in the city till January 1, 2024 to control pollution. On October 21, police got a tip-off that a man, identified as Mukesh (66), was storing firecrackers in Ashok Nagar area. A raid was conducted and Mukesh was apprehended. An FIR has been registered against him and further probe in underway, Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Joy Tirkey said. Sources said Delhi Police’s Licensing unit has asked the DCPs of all 15 police districts to make a plan to ensure no selling or bursting of firecrackers takes place in the national Capital.
