1 Criminal Revision Application No.249/2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO.249 OF 2009 Sukhdeo s/o Mansingh Gunjal ... APPLICANT VERSUS Leelabai w/o Sukhdeo Gunjal ... RESPONDENT ..... Mrs. P.V. Langhe, Advocate for the applicant Shri M.A. Tandale, advocate for the respondent ..... CORAM : K.U. CHANDIWAL, J. DATE : 18th January, 2011 PER COURT : 1. Heard. The enhancement of maintenance at the rate of Rs.1000/- from Rs.300/- is challenged by the aggrieved husband. 2. The learned counsel for the husband submits, while attacking judgment, the admission of the wife of her earning Rs.40/- - 50/- per day is not considered. There is no case of neglect and refusal and hence, the order under challenge of the learned Judge, Family Court enhancing the maintenance from Rs.300/- per month to Rs.1000/- per month is questioned. 3. Mr. Tandale, the learned counsel for the wife, while 2 Criminal Revision Application No.249/2009 dealing with assertions, submits that the husband/ applicant has entered second marriage. 4. From the conduct of the wife, it is explicit, she was innocent, without any evidence from the husband she candidly accepts of getting Rs.40/- - 50/-. This by itself would not be a parameter to reject her contention of enhancement of maintenance. The maintenance that has been flowing at the rate of Rs.300/- is from 1995. The escalation of prices cannot be ignored. The observations of the learned Judge, based on the agricultural holdings, may be in the name of the father of the husband, was just and the hapless wife was required a redressal for enhancement. No interference in the order under challenge. Rejected. K.U. CHANDIWAL JUDGE fmp/crra249.09