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RAJANIKANTA BEHERA v. MONALISHA NAIK

Court: High Court of Orissa

Bench: MR. JUSTICE M.S.SAHOO

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Case summary

High Court of Orissa judgment dated 2026-04-09. RAJANIKANTA BEHERA v. MONALISHA NAIK. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK RPFAM No. 84 of 2020 Rajanikanta Behera …. Petitioner None -versus- Monalisha Naik …. Opp. Party CORAM: JUSTICE MRUGANKA SEKHAR SAHOO ORDER 09. 04. 2026 Order No. (Hybrid Mode) 03. 1. None appears for the petitioner when the matter is called. 2. None had appeared on 10. 03. 2026 when the matter was listed and Registry was requested to intimate the order as well as the date of listing to the learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. Office note put up by the Registry dated 06. 04. 2026 indicates that on 23. 03. 2026 learned counsel for the petitioner was intimated over phone regarding the date of listing. 4. The petition has been filed seeking revision of the order dated 05. 02. 2020 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Baripada, Mayurbhanj in Cr. P. No. 62 of 2018. The said Cr. P. was filed by the wife in the marriage under Section 125 of Cr. P. C.

(since repealed and substituted by pari materia provision contained in Section 144 of BNSS, 2023) seeking monthly maintenance. The petition was favoured directing payment of Rs. 4,000/- per month from the date of the order i. e. 05. 02. 2020. 5. The petition was filed defective as pointed by the Stamp Report dated 19. 03. 2020. Thereafter on 21. 11. 2025, the matter was listed before the Deputy Registrar (Judicial), Lawzima. Three weeks’ time was granted for removal of the defects. The defect is certified copy of the impugned order is not furnished. In the absence of the certified copy of the impugned order, the further stamp report could not be made and such defective is also cannot be condoned by this Court. Efforts of the Registry to contact the learned counsel for the petitioner has also not yielded any result as the learned counsel remains absent. 6. The petitioner is also absent on call. 7. In view of the above, the petition is dismissed.

Copy of this order shall be forwarded to the learned Judge, Family Court, Baripada, Mayurbhanj to be kept in the records of Cr. P. No. 62 of 2018 disposed of by order dated 05. 02. 2020. (Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo) Judge jyostna

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