Bombay High Court
CHANDRAKANT VADIVELCHINNASWAMI CHETTIYARversusRIYA CHANDRAKANT CHETTIYAR AND ANR.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The petition is allowed to be withdrawn with liberty to keep all the petitioner’s contentions open before the Family Court.
Summary
The petitioner, Chandrakant Vadivelchinnaswami Chettiyar, filed a criminal writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking relief against the respondent, Riya Chandrakant Chettiyar, concerning a maintenance order of Rs.10,000 per month imposed by the Family Court. The petitioner claimed he was financially unable to pay the maintenance amount, a circumstance the Family Court had not taken into account. He moved the High Court to withdraw the writ petition while keeping all his contentions open for consideration by the Family Court in the pending proceedings. The learned counsel for the petitioner sought liberty to pursue the matter before the Family Court without the writ petition pending. The Court, after hearing the counsel, allowed the withdrawal of the petition with liberty to keep the contentions open and directed the Family Court to decide the pending matters within a year. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of accordingly.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner may withdraw the writ petition while preserving his contentions for adjudication by the Family Court
Subjects
- Family Law
- Maintenance
- Withdrawal of Petition
- High Court
- Writ Petition
- Financial Incapacity
Judgment
21-WP-2682-2022 (CR).doc
Shubhada S Kadam
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CR. WRIT PETITION NO. 2682 OF 2022
Chandrakant Vadivelchinnaswami Chettiyar ...Petitioner/s
Versus
Riya Chandrakant Chettiyar and anr. ...Respondent/s
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Mr. Prashant along with Ms. Jennifer along with Kinjal, Advocate for
Petitioner.
Mr. S. M. Mangaonkar, APP for Respondent-State.
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CORAM : SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.
DATE : 25th AUGUST, 2026.
P.C. :
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, seeks leave
to withdraw the petition with liberty to keep all the contentions of the
petitioner open before the Family Court in the pending proceedings.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not in a
financial position to pay the maintenance amount of Rs.10,000/- per
SHUBHADA
SHANKAR month to the respondent No.1 as directed by the Family Court. However,
KADAM
this fact is not considered by the learned Family Judge.
Digitally signed by
SHUBHADA
SHANKAR KADAM
Date: 2026.08.27 3. Considering the submissions of learned counsel for the
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petitioner, the petition is allowed to be withdrawn with aforesaid liberty
and disposed of accordingly.
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21-WP-2682-2022 (CR).doc
Shubhada S Kadam
4. All contentions of the petitioner are kept open.
5. The Family Court shall decide the pending proceedings as early
as possible and preferably within one year from the date of receipt of this
order.
(SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.)
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