nagpur nagpur bench of bombay high court asked a saonerbased man to pay rs50000 towards educational expenses of his meritorious daughter while ruling that father is under an obligation to provide best possible education to his children the man had challenged nagpur family courts decision to grant an interim maintenance of rs3000 per month to his wife and rs50000 for educational expenses of his 17yearold daughter who had scored 93 in ssc exams and had joined coaching classes with over rs135 lakh fees it is the utmost duty of a father not only to take care of his daughterson but at the same time he is also under obligation to provide best possible education by securing 93 she has shown she deserves best education to create her future and she is able to do so therefore the father cant be allowed to escape his liability of providing financial assistance to her by taking recourse to technical submissions justice vinay deshpande held before dismissing mans plea the couple had tied knot on april 9 1995 later differences cropped up and they separated the wife and daughter filed a case for interim maintenance in 2013 the family court awarded rs3000 per month to wife and rs50000 to daughter for educational expenses on october 16 last year as an interim arrangement the husband moved high court contending that family court had enlarged scope of section 125 criminal procedure code crpc by referring to section 3b of the hindu adoption and maintenance act and directing him to look after basic needs as well as daughters educational expenses he claimed that the court exceeded its jurisdiction by doing so justice deshpande made it clear that section 125 did not prohibit or debar family court from making necessary order for meeting requirement of a child in respect of educational expenses no wrong is committed by the family court while awarding amount towards educational expenses of daughter especially when she cleared class x examination with flying colours he observed the judge stated that husband was a well off person who can purchase a plot in city gold and silver ornaments and lic policies the fact remains he is having sufficient means he claimed his salary is not as much as claimed by wife the main proceedings are still pending and he can prove his case by adducing sufficient evidence the court said before dismissing his plea what hc said utmost duty of father to take care of his daughterson father under obligation to provide best possible education girl proved she deserved best education by scoring 93 section 125 of crpc did not prohibit court from making such orders