Tarif Rashidbhai Qureshi vs Asmabanu D/O Alimohmmad Idarbhai ... on 19 March, 2020
77. What is significant to note is that the relief of permanent
alimony is a relief incidental to the granting of the substantive
relief by the Court in the main proceeding. It is an incidental
relief claimed in the main proceeding, though an application is
necessary for claiming it. The application is an application, in
the main proceeding for claiming an incidental relief
consequent upon the granting of the substantive relief by the
Court. This is abundantly clear not only on principle but there
is also an authority in support of it. Dealing with a case under
S. 37 of the Divorce Act which contains a provision for making
of an order for permanent alimony, Sir John Beaumont
observed in J. G. Khambatta v. M.C. Khambatta, AIR 1941
Bombay 17;