Pendiyala Sureshkumar Ramarao v. Sompally Arunbindu : 2005 Cri .L.J. 1455 : 2005 (28) AIC 920 (2) DMC 417 : 2005 (2) HLR 69 : 2005 (2) RCR (Cri) 680 : (2005) 2 AICLR 897 : (2005) 1 GCD 400 : (2005) 4 GLR 2808 : 2004 LRC Online 235 (Guj)
Section 125-Order granting interim maintenance-Revision-Order of maintenance passed in absentia-Petitioner should be given an opportunity to prove his say in the written reply submitted before court below and parties should be relegated to the trial court for the purpose-Rule of best evidence is not applicable in maintenance proceeding as it being an inquiry in real sense-This being the quasi-civil proceedings, probabilities are required to be brought on record-This enlarges the scope of drawing reasonable inference as it is being done in the case of an able-bodied man-Impugned order set aside and matter remitted to court below for deciding maintenance application afresh in accordance with law.