AGARTALA, India, June 15 -- Tripura High Court issued the following order/judgement on May 13:

1. Heard Mr. H. Deb, learned counsel appearing for the appellant. Also heard Ms. A. Debbarma, learned counsel appearing for the respondent.

2. The appellant, by means of filing the present appeal have challenged the order dated 21.02.2025, passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Kailasahar, Unakoti, in connection with case No. Civil Misc. 14 of 2023, whereby the appellant had been directed to pay Rs.700/- per month to the respondent no.1 and Rs.500/- per month to respondent no.2 as maintenance.

3. Precisely stated, the respondent no.1 eloped with one Amit Das, son of the appellant herein, and subsequently the got married in the year 2022 as per Hindu rites and customs at Kumarghat and thereafter started to leading her conjugal life with said Amit Das in the house of the appellant despite his objection wherein the respondent No.1 was tortured by the appellant and his wife on monetary demand and subsequently when she was pregnant, she was driven out of her matrimonial residence. Finding no other alternative, she started living in a rented house of her mother at Fatikroy and on 11.04.2023, the respondent no.2 was born but unfortunately in May, 2023, her husband, Amit Das i.e. son of the appellant herein, had expired, leading the respondents to starvation. When the respondent no.1 found that after death of her husband, the appellant had not been maintaining her and her daughter, she approached the learned Judge, Family Court, Kailasahar, by filing a petition under Section 19 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 claiming maintenance from the appellant being her father-in-law, for herself and her minor daughter.

4. After filing of the case the same was registered and marked as Civil Misc.14 of 2023. Summon was issued upon the parties to the lis. The appellant, being opposite party, contested the case by submitting written objection wherein he denied the allegations made therein. In the written objection, the opposite party has admitted that his son Amit Das and the respondent no.1 herein i.e. petitioner no.1 in Civil Misc.14 of 2023, had love affairs and they got married and also admitted that he had never accepted the petitioner no.1 i.e. the respondent no.1 herein as his daughter-in-law. The appellant also stated that he is a erickshaw puller and an ailing person and is completely dependent on income of his wife who is a maid servant.

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