The appellant wife petitioned against the respondent husband in the Court of the C.J.M., Howrah, under Section 125 of the CrPC CrPC , claiming maintenance for herself at the rate of Rs 1500 per mensem and for her minor daughter Rs 1000 per mensem.
It came to light that in a matrimonial dispute between the parties, the appellant wife had been able to secure an interim maintenance order Rs 1000 per mensem for herself and an equivalent amount for her minor daughter.
Aggrieved, she moved the High Court in revision whereat it was numbericed that the matrimonial case between the parties stood companypromised and one of the terms was that she would go and live with her husband.
The claim was refuted by the husband.
Leave granted.
Taking that into account, the C.J.M. awarded token maintenance at the rate of Rs 100 per mensem to the appellant and a like amount to her minor daughter as such under the said section.
