Suit for recovery of past maintenance---Husband through compromise arrived at during earlier proceedings undertook to pay to wife past maintenance for period more than three years-

 2005 Y L R 106

Suit for recovery of past maintenance---Husband through compromise arrived at during earlier proceedings undertook to pay to wife past maintenance for period more than three years---Wife on basis of such compromise claimed past maintenance for such period, which was decreed by Family Court and upheld by Appellate Court---Plea of husband was that past maintenance could not be allowed for period beyond three years---Validity---Wife while appearing as witness had denied to have been paid maintenance---As per said compromise, husband was responsible to pay such maintenance, thus, onus to prove its payment was on him, which he had failed to discharge---Husband had failed to comply with undertaking given by him---High Court repelled such plea of husband as he had voluntarily signed compromise after stating that amount for such period was payable by him to wife as maintenance.