2024 INSC 961
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REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NOS. OF 2024
(Arising out of SLP (C) Nos.21710-21711 of 2024)
PARVIN KUMAR JAIN ...APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
ANJU JAIN ...RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
VIKRAM NATH, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. The present appeals arise out of the impugned order
dated 01.08.2024 passed by the Delhi High Court in
MAT. APP.(F.C.) 226/2018 & CM APPL. 36723/2018.
CM APPL. 4245/2021. CM APPL. 51379/2022, CM
APPL. 52044/2022 and MAT.APP. (F.C.) 120/2019.
Vide the impugned order, the High Court dismissed
MAT. APP. (F.C.) 226/2018 filed by the Husband
against the order of the Family Court, in an
application for maintenance pendente lite under
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section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 19551 along
with all pending applications, with costs of Rs.
1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only). By the same
common order, the MAT.APP. (F.C) 120/2019 filed by
the Wife is allowed to the extent that the interim
maintenance granted to the Wife under Section 24 of
the HMA is enhanced from Rs.1,15,000/-(Rupees one
lakh fifteen thousand only) to Rs.1,45,000/- (Rupees
one lakh forty five thousand only) per month from
the date of filing of enhancement application.
3. The parties were married as per Hindu rites and
ceremonies on 13.12.1998 and ...