RANCHI, India, May 18 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on April 16:

Heard the learned counsel for the respective parties.

This application is directed against the order dated 28.02.2025 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Dhanbad in Original Maintenance Case No. 720 of 2024, whereby and whereunder, the petitioner has been directed to make payment of Rs. 6,000/- to the opposite party No. 2.

The opposite party No. 2 is the step mother of the petitioner and on account of the death of her husband she had forgoed her employment and instead the petitioner was given appointment in M/s. BCCL on compassionate ground. It has been alleged that the petitioner had neglected to maintain her and despite the petitioner, earning a handsome salary, she would receive only an amount of 4,000/- per month from the petitioner. On the application preferred u/s 144 BNSS by the opposite party No. 2 being Original Maintenance Case No. 720 of 2024, the petitioner had put in his appearance and had denied the assertion made in the petition preferred by the opposite party No. 2.

Learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Dhanbad after considering the evidence on record has come to a conclusion that the opposite party No. 2 is entitled to an amount of Rs. 6,000/- per month as maintenance. The same is based on the net salary of the petitioner which is Rs. 54,777/- per month. It also appears that it is an admitted fact that the petitioner is the step son of the opposite party No. 2 and he has secured employment on compassionate ground on account of the death of his father and also on the ground of the opposite party No. 2 forgoing her claim for appointment. The learned court below has considered in details the evidence on record while arriving at a conclusion that the opposite party No. 2 is entitled to an amount of 6,000/- per month as maintenance.

Nothing could be pointed out by the learned counsel for the petitioner to suggest that the impugned order dated 28.02.2025 is erroneous and considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, I do not find any reason to interfere in the said order and consequently this revision application is dismissed.

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