Wife entitled to get maintenance even when a Compromise of Lump Sum Alimony already has been executed.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on dated 23.1.2022 held that filing a petition U/s 125 of Cr.P.C after a time gap of 13 years from the time of receiving alimony in lump sum, was not a misuse of the process of law.
The Hon’ble Court while dismissing a petition filed against the judgment passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Pathankot, granting maintenance to the wife, observed that filing a petition U/s 125 of Cr.P.C after a time gap of 13 years from the time of receiving alimony in lump sum, was not a misuse of the process of law.
Case Title: Sunil Sachdeva Vs. Rashmi and another
Coram: Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Amarjot Bhatti
Case No.- CRM-M-5732 of 2017 (O&M)
