2026:HHC:38480 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. Rev.(FC) No.42 of 2025 a/w Cr. Rev.(FC) No.34 of 2026 Decided on: 08.09.2026 1. Cr. Rev.(FC) No.42 of 2025 Ramesh Kumar ...Petitioner Versus Rajeshwari Devi & another … Respondents 2. Cr. Rev.(FC) No.34 of 2026 Rajeshwari Devi & Anr. ...Petitioners Versus Ramesh Kumar … Respondents ________________________________________________________ Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Yogesh Jaswal, Judge Whether approved for reporting?1 1. Cr. Rev.(FC) No.42 of 2025 For the petitioner : Mr. Hemant Kumar Thakur, Advocate For the respondents : Mr. Sambhav Bhasin, Mr. Shivam Sharma and Ms. Muskan, Advocates 2. Cr. Rev.(FC) No.34 of 2026 For the petitioners : Mr. Sambhav Bhasin, Mr. Shivam Sharma and Ms. Muskan, Advocates For the respondent : Mr. Hemant Kumar Thakur, Advocate Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge ( Oral) Both these petitions are directed against the impugned 1 Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. 2026:HHC:38480 order passed by the learned Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Kinnaur at Rampur Bushehar, District Shimla, H.P in the proceedings initiated by the wife and daughter of the petitioner under Section 125 of the Cr.PC. In terms of the order under challenge, the learned Court below has been pleased to grant interim maintenance in all, to the tune of Rs.15,000/- i.e. Rs.8,000/- to the wife and Rs.7000/- to the daughter. This amount has been arrived at by the learned Court below by taking into consideration the fact that the husband was a JBT teacher, who was earning a monthly salary of approx Rs.80,000/-. 2. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having carefully gone through the order under challenge and also other documents appended with the petition, we are of the considered view that in light of the fact that the husband indeed is earning a monthly salary of Rs.80,000/- being a government employee i.e. a JBT Teacher, the amount of Rs.15,000/- which has been ordered to be paid as an interim maintenance to the wife and the daughter cannot be said to be an exorbitant amount. 3. Learned Court below has ordered an amount of Rs.8000/- to be paid to the wife and Rs.7000/- to the daughter as 3. 2026:HHC:38480 interim monthly maintenance and the reasoning which has been given by the learned court below while arriving at the said amount is sound reasoning. 4. At this stage, learned counsel appearing for the wife and the daughter submitted that the amount that has been awarded is on the lower side. However, without making any observation on this aspect of the matter, as agreed, both these petitions are disposed of without interfering with the order passed by the learned court below, which is the subject matter of these two petitions but with the observations that the learned Court below shall make an endeavour to decide the application filed under Section 144 of BNSS on or before 30.11.2026. Parties are free to raise all the contentions, which have been raised in the present petitions, before the learned Court below. 5. Parties through their respective counsels are directed to appear before the learned Court below on 21.09.2026 and as observed herein above, the learned Court below shall make an endeavour to decide the main application itself on or before 30.11.2026. 4. 2026:HHC:38480 6. Parties shall render full assistance to the learned Court below during the course of adjudication of the application and in the event of non-appearance of the parties before the learned Court below, learned Court below shall proceed with the matter in accordance with law and no unnecessary adjournment shall be given by the Court to either of the parties. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge ( Yogesh Jaswal) Judge September 08, 2026 (meera)