1 CAW : 2604/2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO.3501 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL NO.1598 OF 2010 Ashok Haribhau Shardul .... Applicant Vs. Shobhana Ashok Shardul .... Respondent Mr. Datta Mane, Advocate for applicant. Coram : A.S. OKA, J. Date : 20th September, 2011 P.C. 1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the applicant. By the impugned judgment and decree, the applicant-husband has been ordered to pay maintenance of Rs.2,000/- per month to the respondent-wife from the date of impugned decree. 2. Submission of the learned counsel appearing for the applicant is that the applicant is earning a meager amount by way of a pension. His submission is that the applicant has to maintain his second wife and his family members in a meager income. 2 CAW : 2604/2010 3. Considering the income of the applicant as well as the property standing in the name of the applicant, the trial Court has fixed maintenance at the rate of Rs.2,000/- per month. No case is made for grant of stay. Application is rejected. 4. The payment of amount of maintenance by the applicant shall be subject to final outcome of the appeal. The hearing of the appeal is expedited. (A.S. Oka, J.)