CR No. 7606 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR No. 7606 of 2010 Date of decision:- 29.11.2010 Pawan Kumar ......petitioner vs. Kamlesh and another ......respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: - Mr. K.S. Godara, Advocate for the petitioner HEMANT GUPTA, J (ORAL) Challenge in the present revision petition is to an order passed by a Family Court 21.10.2010 granting a sum of Rs. 2500/- per month as maintenance pendente lite and Rs. 2200/- as litigation expenses. It is the case of the petitioner that the wife can maintain herself by the work of sewing and knitting and that she is the middle pass. On the other hand, it is pointed out that the petitioner is suffering from snake bite and is maintaining two children born out of the wedlock and that the petitioner has no property out which he can pay the maintenance amount to his wife. The learned trial Court has rightly found that the petitioner is an able bodied person and is under obligation to maintain his wife. A middle pass woman living in a village cannot be said to be possessed of sufficient amount to maintain herself. The petitioner suffered snake bite in the month of May 2008 and stands discharged on 27.5.2008. In view of the said fact, it cannot be said that the petitioner is not in a position to earn sufficient money to provide maintenance to his wife. It is the social CR No. 7606 of 2010 -2- and moral obligation of the petitioner to maintain his wife. In view of the above, I do not find any ground to interfere in the order passed by the Family Court on 21.10.2010. Consequently, present revision petition stands dismissed. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 29.11.2010 preeti