IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLMP No. 188 of 2026 Tata Venkat Manish …. Petitioner Mr. B. Pasayat, Advocate -versus- Sophia Priyambada & Another …. Opp. Parties CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH Order No. ORDER 27.02.2026 02. 1. By means of this application, the Petitioner-Husband has assailed the impugned order dated 12.12.2025, passed by the learned Judge Family Court, Bhubaneswar in C.R.P. No.173 of 2025, wherein the learned court, having considered the application of the Opp. Parties and the objection submitted to that effect by the Petitioner was pleased to grant the interim maintenance to the tune of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) and Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) respectively w.e.f. the date of application i.e. 30.10.2024. 2. Learned counsel for the Petitioner submitted that the Opp. Party-Wife is not only highly qualified but is having multiple source of income, and the court ought not have granted the interim maintenance to the tune as was prayed for by the Opp. Party. He further submitted that, the learned court p. 2 did not take into consideration the objection of the Petitioner, thereby arriving at an erroneous conclusion. 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the Petitioner, and upon perusal of the objection filed by the Petitioner before the learned Trial court against the interim maintenance application so also the ground taken herein, nothing has been made out to interdict the impugned order. There is absolutely no mention with regard to the source of income of the wife, so also her engagement pursuant to her qualification, rather the learned court has rightly assessed the status of the Parties and fixed the interim maintenance. In absence of any such material, either in the objection raised by the Petitioner before the learned Trial court to the application of the Petitioner and/or in the present application to make out a case to interfere with the order impugned, this Court finds no merit to proceed further and accordingly, the application being devoid of merit stands dismissed at the stage of admission. All the contentions raised by the Petitioner are kept open with regard to the source of income of the wife to be taken at the time of hearing in the main application. (Chittaranjan Dash) Judge Sarbani Designation: Junior Stenographer