CR No. 7540 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR No. 7540 of 2010 Date of decision:- 19.11.2010 Baru Singh ......petitioner vs. Karmjit Kaur ......respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: - Mr. M.S. Uppal, Advocate for the petitioner HEMANT GUPTA, J (ORAL) Challenge in the present petition is to an order passed by learned trial Court on 18.9.2010 whereby the respondent-wife was granted Rs. 1500/- per month as interim maintenance and Rs. 5,000/- as litigation expenses. Learned counsel for the petitioner-husband contends that respondent has admitted her marriage with one Ajaib Singh and that without dissolution of the said marriage, she married the present petitioner and therefore such marriage is void. Therefore, the respondent is not entitled to maintenance in proceedings under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Though, I am not agree more with the arguments raised by learned counsel for the petitioner that respondent is not entitled to maintenance but such contention need not be examined in detail in view of the fact that respondent has asserted in her written reply that she divorced Ajaib Singh in terms of the custom between the parties. The question whether the custom for dissolution of marriage is in existence or not is a CR No. 7540 of 2010 -2- subject matter of evidence. Therefore, respondent is entitled to ad interim maintenance in proceedings under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. In view of the above, I do not find any case is made out for interference in the impugned order in revisional jurisdiction of this Court Consequently, the same is dismissed. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 19.11.2010 preeti