https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273158 Section 127(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is mandatory where a competent civil court has specifically decided maintenance. If the civil decree directly determines liability or quantum of maintenance, the Magistrate has no discretion to ignore it and must cancel or vary the existing maintenance order under Section 125 to bring it into conformity with the civil adjudication. The civil court's decision on the parties' civil rights prevails over the parallel criminal maintenance order, and the earlier maintenance order must yield to that decree. en-us Tue, 02 Dec 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:37:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273158 Section 127(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is mandatory where a competent civil court has specifically decided maintenance. If the civil decree directly determines liability or quantum of maintenance, the Magistrate has no discretion to ignore it and must cancel or vary the existing maintenance order under Section 125 to bring it into conformity with the civil adjudication. The civil court's decision on the parties' civil rights prevails over the parallel criminal maintenance order, and the earlier maintenance order must yield to that decree. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 02 Dec 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273158