Prayagraj. Allahabad High Court made history by delivering its judgment in three languages – English, Hindi, and Sanskrit – a first among all High Courts.
A bench of Justice Shiv Shankar Prasad authored the judgment in three languages concerning the maintainability of Section 482 CrPC petition seeking enforcement of an interim maintenance order made u/s 125 CrPC.
The single judge wrote a Single judgment in three languages merged into a single document.
In his Judgment, Justice Prasad held that an order granting interim maintenance to a wife in a proceeding initiated under Section 125 Cr.P.C. is a quasi-judicial civil and criminal order, and hence, no application under Section 482 CrPC either for quashing the same or for enforcing the same, is maintainable.
The Court ruled thus while dismissing an application filed by the applicants (wife and child) for enforcing the order passed by the Family Court granting interim maintenance allowance. The Court added that the proper remedy in such cases would be to approach the Family Court under Section 128 CrPC.