Sukanya Banik v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

17.09.2025.

38.

Ct.No.7.

as C.R.R. 3382 of 2025 In the matter of : Smt. Sukanya Banik.

.... Petitioner.

Mr. Soujanya Pattanayak, Mr. Arkaprabho Roy.

...for the Petitioner.

1.

This revisional application has been preferred praying for a direction upon the learned Trial Court to dispose of the case being T.R. Case No. 211 of 2024, arising out of A.C.M. Case No. 214 of 2024, pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate, 4th Court, Alipore. 2.

Mr. Pattanayak, learned Advocate representing the petitioner, submits that the petitioner, being the legally married wife of opposite party no. 2, was driven out of her in-laws' house by her husband and his relatives. The petitioner has no independent income to maintain herself or her minor son and is in acute financial hardship. Confronted with such a situation, the petitioner was constrained to file an application under the relevant provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (for short, "D.V. Act, 2005"), seeking interim and permanent maintenance for herself and her minor son.

3.

He submits that the case was transferred to the learned Trial Court on 01.04.2024. The opposite party entered appearance on 02.12.2024. However, till date, no order directing O.P./husband to pay interim maintenance has been passed. He further submits that in

the year 2025, the dates were fixed on 20.01.2025, 12.03.2025, 13.06.2025, and lastly on 24.11.2025, but the petitioner's prayer for interim maintenance has not been entertained. Accordingly, he prays for a direction upon the learned Court below to dispose of the petitioner's application for grant of interim as well as permanent maintenance.

4.

Having heard the learned Advocate appearing for the petitioner and upon perusal of the materials on record placed before me, I do not find any impediment in accepting the innocuous prayer of the petitioner.

5.

In view thereof, the revisional application is disposed of by directing the Trial Court in-charge to make an earnest effort to dispose of the application for interim maintenance within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Trial Court is further directed to take sincere steps to dispose of the application for permanent maintenance within a period of one year from the date of disposal of the application for interim maintenance. (Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, J.)