CR No.4421/2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR No.4421/2010 Date of decision: 18.04.2011. Sukhdeep Kaur ....................Petitioner v. Bhajan Singh .....................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Present: Mr.Anil Kumar Garg,Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.LM Gulati,Advocate for the respondent Jaswant Singh.J.(Oral) Petitioner/wife has filed the instant revision petition under Article 227 of the Constitution assailing the order dated 3.5.2010 (P4) passed by Additional District Judge, Patiala,whereby under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, she has been granted litigation expenses of Rs.2000/- and maintenance pendente lite @ Rs.2000/- per month. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that respondent husband is a government employee and keeping in view his income, the maintenance/litigation expenses awarded are on very low side. On the other hand learned counsel for respondent husband has stated that the litigation expenses as well as maintenance pendente lite granted by the learned court below is just and proper. CR No.4421/2010 2 After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, I find merit in the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. It is not disputed that respondent husband is employed as Peon in the office of Chief Engineer, PWD (B&R) Punjab at Patiala. As per his salary slip for the month of March/April 2010 (P1)his gross income is Rs.12873/-. It is further not disputed that with the passage of time his salary by now must have increased further due to enhanced D.A./ annual increment. Thus, it is evident that the maintenance pendente lite granted to respondent wife is on lower side. Similarly, I am also of the opinion that the litigation expenses awarded by the learned court below is also on lower side. Consequently, the present revision petition is allowed and the impugned order 3.5.2010 is modified and petitioner wife is held entitled to maintenance pendente lite @ Rs.4000/- per month. Besides, that she would be entitled to litigation expenses of Rs.4000/- instead of Rs.2000/- already granted by the court below. 18.04.2011 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge