HI,,,
I am Anil. I reside in Delhi.
I am facing a false case of DV Act filed by my wife. This case is pending from last 8 years.
In this case my wife is seeking various reliefs including maintenance for herself and for our daughter aged 9 years. But court rejected her application of interim maintenance because of non-appearance of her and her lawyer.
Now, cross-examination is going on she ( complainant) is the only witness in the case, she has not filed any material evidence only her affidavit as evidence. And i have sufficiant proof to prove that the whole affidavit wrong.
My lawyer said "If she will not able to prove her allegations, court will not allow maintenance to her but will allow maintenace to child because its my duty. and I have to pay all the maintenace of last 8 years.
But i met an another lawyer in court according to him " if she failed to prove her allegations court will not allow maintence to her or child also because DV Act is criminal case and if dv not prove no maintenance to child also."
Question : which of the above version of lawyer is right.