Ladda 1 appw-39-11.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION No. 39 of 2011 WITH CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION No. 1367 OF 2010 Mr Partha Laxmi Prasad Basu ... Petitioner. Versus Mrs Jayanti Partha Basu & ors. ...Respondents. ...... Mr Hemant Kenjalkar, Advocate for the Applicant. Mrs Jayanti Pratha Basu, Advocate for Respondent No.1 – present in the Court. Mrs P.H. Kantharia, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM: A.R.JOSHI, J. DATED:- 31st March 2011. P.C. 1. Respondent-wife is present in the Court and argued her matter herself mentioning that she is not in a position to engage an independent lawyer of her own. She had preferred an application bearing No. 39 of 2011 asking the alternate reliefs. Firstly, she asked for expeditious hearing of the pending criminal writ petition No. 1367 of 2010 preferred by her husband. In the alternative, she asked for Ladda 2 appw-39-11.doc vacating the stay granted by this Court to the implementation of the order passed in the month of August, 2009 by the M.M.Court, Mumbai. By the said order of M.M.Court, directions were given to the present petitioner-husband to pay monthly maintenance of Rs.3,000/- to his wife i.e.present respondent, Rs.2,000/- per month to the son of the petitioner and Rs.2000/- towards house rent expenses. Said order was passed on the application preferred under the Domestic Violence Act. Considering the request of the present respondent – wife, necessary steps shall be taken by the Legal Services Committee, High Court Bombay to appoint the Advocate under Free Legal Aid Scheme to espouse the cause of the Respondent- Mrs Jayanti Pratha Basu. 2. By consent, writ petition to be taken for final hearing on 18th April, 2011. 3. In view of the aforesaid directions, the criminal Application No. 39 of 2011 preferred by the applicant-respondent is disposed of. (A.R.JOSHI, J.)