IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.1684 of 2006 KAILASH PRASAD Versus SMT.INDU DEVI ----------- 2 11/8/2008 Heard counsel for the petitioner. While this Court will not interfere either with the amount of maintenance of Rs. 500/- per month or the cost of litigation of Rs. 5,000/- lump-sum, this Court in the facts of this case would not allow payment of such amount from 6.11.2004, i.e, from the date of institution of the suit. The Court below ought to have directed the petitioner to pay amount of maintenance from the date of filing of such application by the wife, opposite party. Therefore, this Court would modify the impugned order by directing the petitioner to pay the amount of maintenance of Rs. 500/- with effect from 16.3.2005, the date on which a petition u/s 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act was filed. With the aforementioned modification this application is dismissed. ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J. ) Abhay Kumar