C.R. No.6328 of 2006 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.R. No.6328 of 2006 Date of Decision: 30.1.2008 Seema Kumari .....Petitioner Vs. Deepak Kumar ...Respondent .... CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA **** Present : Mr. V.K.Sandhir, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Vineet Sharma, Advocate for the respondent. ... RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral) This revision petition is directed against the order dated 24.10.2006, passed by the District Judge, Amritsar, awarding interim maintenance to the petitioner-wife @ Rs.1000/- p.m. Counsel for the petitioner submits that taking into consideration the respondent's salary, which is admittedly is Rs.6723/- and after deduction of G.P.F. etc., the amount assessed by the learned trial Court is inadequate and insufficient for the petitioner to survive. Counsel for the respondent, on the other hand, submits that the respondent is facing litigation launched at the behest of the petitioner. The respondent has to also look after his ailing mother. He has been suspended from service and is being paid subsistence allowance. It is, therefore, asserted that the maintenance assessed by the trial Court is just and appropriate and does not call for enhancement. C.R. No.6328 of 2006 2 I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the impugned order. It is not denied that the respondent is drawing a salary of Rs.6723/-. The fact that he is facing litigation is a fact that effects both parties as in the pending litigation, the petitioner-wife would also have to incur expenses. As regards the assertion that the respondent has been suspended, the argument in my considered opinion, is irrelevant, as it is a temporary set back to the respondent's service. Even otherwise, it is for the husband to maintain a wife as per her requirements. In view of what has been stated herein above, I am of the considered opinion that the District Judge, Amritsar, erred while awarding a paltry sum of Rs.1,000/- p.m. as interim maintenance. Consequently, the amount of interim maintenance is enhanced to Rs.2,000/- p.m. from the date of filing the application before the trial Court. The petition stands disposed of accordingly. 30.1.2008 ( RAJIVE BHALLA ) GS JUDGE