THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR F.C.A. No. 166 of 2010 JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice N.V. Ramana) This Family Court Appeal is directed against the order dated 08.02.2010 passed in O.P. No. 1176 of 2009 by the learned Judge, Additional Family Court, Visakhapatnam, whereunder the petition filed by the respondent herein for recovery of Rs. 8.00 lakhs from the appellant herein, her father, towards her marriage expenses, was partly allowed granting a sum of Rs.2.00 lakhs towards marriage expenses. Heard the learned counsel for appellant and the learned counsel for the respondent and perused the order under appeal and other material available on record. Admittedly, the mother of the respondent herein and the appellant are the wife and husband and the respondent herein is their second daughter. The mother of the respondent and the appellant got separated in the year 1991 on account of some disputes between them, and upon the mother of the respondent initiating proceedings for maintenance, the appellant has been paying maintenance to her and the daughters living with her, as per the orders of the Court. While so, contending that the appellant herein performed the marriage of his eldest daughter who has been living with him, by spending Rs.8.00 lakhs, and that now the respondent has attained the age of majority and her marriage has to be performed and she is entitled to get Rs.8.00 lakhs from the appellant towards her marriage expenses, the respondent filed the present O.P. claiming the said amount from the appellant. The appellant resisted the claim of the respondent, by filing counter, and he denied that he spent Rs.8.00 lakhs towards marriage expenses of his eldest daughter and is having financial capacity to spend that much amount and he contended that since he is paying maintenance to the respondent, he is not liable to pay marriage expenses separately. It is to be noted that the appellant, in his evidence, admitted his salary as Rs.36,000/- per month. The Court below, taking into consideration the admitted salary of the appellant and his responsibility as a father to perform the marriage of the respondent herein, in spite of paying monthly maintenance to her, and also keeping in view the financial position of the appellant and the expenditure that would be incurred for the marriage of a girl in the present scenario, has rightly awarded Rs.2.00 lakhs towards marriage expenses of the respondent, by the order under appeal, and we are of the considered opinion that no interference is necessitated therewith by this Court in exercise of appellate jurisdiction of this Court. The appeal is accordingly dismissed. No costs. __________________ JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA _______________________ JUSTICE B. CHANDRA KUMAR 22nd November, 2010 IBL