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INTHEHIGHCOURTOFJUDICATUREATBOMBAY BENCHATAURANGABAD

WRITPETITIONNO.8236OF2012 ShantanuShivajiWavhal Versus

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ShriM.R.Sonwane,AdvocateforthePetitioner.

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PERCOURT: .

ThepetitionerhasapproachedthisCourtaggrievedbythe

orderpassedbytheTrialCourtpartlyallowingtheapplication filedbytherespondentforgrantofcostoftheproceedings.

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Shri Sonwane, the learned counsel for the petitioner

submits that, Sec. 24 of the Hingu Marriage Act is explicitly clear.Themaintenanceandcostaretobegiventothewifeonly ifthewifeisnotinapositiontomaintainherselfandshehasno sourceofincome. Inthepresentcase,ithasbeenbroughton recordthatthewifehasincomeofaboutRs.33,000/permonth.

CORAM: S.V.GANGAPURWALA,J. DATE: 04THOCTOBER,2012.

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ThisfacthasnotbeenconsideredbytheCourt. Thepetitioner hasdeniedtheavermentsmadebytherespondentaboutincome ofthepetitioner,but theCourt haswronglyobservedthatthe petitioner has not denied the same. According to the learned counsel,theCourtdidnotgetthejurisdiction topassthesaid

andearning.Accordingtothelearnedcounselastheorderitself isillegal,thesamedeservestobesetaside.

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The present petitioner has filed Hindu Marriage

proceedingsbeforetheCourtfordeclarationofthemarriagetobe

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nullandvoid. Inthesaidproceedings,therespondentfiledan application U/Sec. 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act claiming maintenance and cost of litigation. The Court did not grant maintenance, but granted cost of litigation quantifying at Rs. 12,000/.

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Itwouldbeseenthat,thepresentpetitionerhasinitiated

the proceedings in a Court at Ahmednagar. The respondent resides in a rural village i. e. Khaper, Tq. Akkalkuwa, Dist. Nandurbar. The proceedings are pendingsince the year 2011. TheCourthasexerciseditsdiscretionwhileawardingthecosts.

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5.

Itcanverywellinferredthattherespondentisrequiredto

attendtheCourtatAhmednagareverynowandthen.Whenan equitablejurisdictionhasbeenexercisedbytheTrialCourt,Ido not see any reason to invoke the equitable jurisdiction under Article227oftheConstitutionofIndia.

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In the light of the above, the writ petition is dismissed,

however,withnoorderastocosts.

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Taking into account the fact that the proceedings are

matrimonial proceedings, the Trial Court shall endeavour to

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dispose of the proceedings as expeditiously as possible and preferablywithinaperiodofsix(6)monthsfromtoday.

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[S.V.GANGAPURWALA,J.]

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