Thangaraj v. Sahana

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 10.12.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.SOUNTHAR and C.M.P.No.15284 of 2025 Thangaraj ... Petitioner vs.

Sahana ... Respondent PRAYER: Civil Revision Petition is filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to call for the records relating to the order dated 12.12.2024 passed in Crl.M.P.No.132 of 2024 in D.V.C.No.66 of 2023 on the file of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Additional Mahila Court, Egmore, Chennai and set aside the said order directing the Petitioner to pay interim maintenance of Rs.15,000/- per month. For Petitioner : Mr.M.Mohamed Yasin For Respondent : Mr.M.Bhuvaneswaran

O R D E R

The Civil Revision Petition is filed challenging the order passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate, Additional Mahila Court, Egmore, Chennai in Crl.M.P.No.132 of 2024 in D.V.C.No.66 of 2023, dated 12.12.2024 directing the petitioner/husband to pay a sum of Rs.15,000/- per month as interim monthly maintenance to the respondent/wife. 1/4

2. Against the impugned order passed by the Trial Court, an appeal shall lie before the Sessions Court under Section 29 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Therefore, this Court is not inclined to entertain this revision.

3. Accordingly, the Civil Revision Petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal before the jurisdictional Sessions Court. It is made clear that the petitioner is entitled to exclude the time taken by him for prosecuting the revision before this Court (i.e., from 27.06.2025 to the date of receipt of copy of this order), while calculating the limitation for filing the appeal before the Sessions Court. No costs. Consequently, the connected civil miscellaneous petition is closed.

10.12.2025 Index : Yes / No Speaking order : Yes / No : Yes / No dm Note:The Registry is directed to return the impugned order dated 12.12.2024 in Crl.M.P.No.132 of 2024 in D.V.C.No.66 of 2023 to the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, after getting necessary endorsement.

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To The Metropolitan Magistrate, Additional Mahila Court, Egmore, Chennai.

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S.SOUNTHAR, J.

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