IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.1578 of 2008 CHINTU MISHRA @ CHINTU KUMAR MISHRA @ DHIRAJ KUMAR MISHRA Versus PARBHA DEVI ----------- 4. 30.9.2008 Heard counsel for the parties. In the opinion of this Court the impugned order granting maintenance pendente lite under section 24 of the Hindu Marriages Act to the tune of Rs. 2000/- per month and Rs. 6000/- by way of cost of litigation cannot be said to be either illegal or excessive. Counsel for the petitioner had initially urged that the court below had committed an error in allowing such amount of maintenance because the petitioner was all along ready to keep his wife with all dignity. This Court would, however, find that the effort of the court below for amicable settlement made on 4.8.2007 did not yield the fruitful result, inasmuch as after a period of four months the girl was said to have been turned out of the house and it is her statement that she was tortured by the petitioner. In that view of the matter, at least reconciliation could not have been a ground for refusal of grant of maintenance to the opposite party. The second aspect as with regard to paucity of income of the petitioner has to be only noticed for its being rejected. If the petitioner by virtue of remaining unemployed could be married in the backdrop that he was being supported by his parents either at the time of marriage or even in 2 course of reconciliation proceeding by allowing the petitioner to live with the opposite party separately, today during the pendency of divorce case filed by the petitioner he cannot disown his liability of making payment on the ground of his being unemployed. That being so, this Court would not find any error so as to interfere with the impugned order. This civil revision application is accordingly dismissed with a direction to the petitioner to pay arrears and current amount as directed by the court below in the impugned order within a period of one month, failing which the court below would take appropriate action in accordance with law. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/