1996 (1) TMI 428

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....he learned Single Judge was hearing a criminal revision petition directed against the judgment and order of the Family Court at Agra wherein, on the application of the respondent-wife under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, maintenance was granted to her at the rate of Rs. 500 p.m. from the date of the application. The order was challenged before the High Court by the appellant-husband a....

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....red only where absolutely necessary, that a statute cannot be struck down unless notice has been given to the Attorney General in the case of a Central statute, as here, or the Advocate General in the case of a State statute. According to learned counsel for the husband-appellant, the contention that Section 125(2) was unconstitutional had not even been raised in the pleadings. There is no doubt t....