IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Revision No.354/2011 Date of decision:21.1.2011. Gurinder Singh .............Petitioner v Kajol and others ..............Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present:- Mr.LM Gulati,Advocate for the petitioner. Jaswant Singh,J. Petitioner/husband has filed the instant revision petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India challenging the order dated 23.11.2010 (P1) passed by learned Addl.Distt.Judge (Adhoc) Fast Track Court, Amritsar, whereby on the application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act moved by the respondent wife, in the divorce proceedings initiated by petitioner husband on the ground of adultery, she has been granted maintenance pendente lite @ Rs.3000/- per month besides payment of Rs.5000/- as litigation expenses. The learned Addl.Distt.Judge, has granted the maintenance pendente lite @ Rs.3000/- per month, on the basis of income tax return of the petitioner for the year 2008-09 wherein his annual income has been shown as Rs.2,19,000/- i.e. Rs.18,250/- per month.. In my opinion, the maintenance pendente lite granted to respondent wife by no stretch of imagination can be said to be excessive or on higher side. Moreover, the petitioner husband is legally and morally bound to maintain the respondent wife as per status she would have enjoyed in her matrimonial home. For the reasons stated above,finding no illegality or perversity in the impugned order the present revision petition stands dismissed. 21.1.2011. (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge