C.R. No. 6961 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.R. No. 6961 of 2009 Date of Decision: November 27, 2009 Babita …..Petitioner Vs. Dushyant Bhatia …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr. R.K. Moudgil, Advocate for the petitioner. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Vide impugned order, while allowing the application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act filed by the petitioner-wife, a sum of Rs.30000/- has been ordered to be paid as litigation expenses besides Rs.5500/- per month as maintenance pendente lite. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been treated with cruelty and that the interim order passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate, Mumbai, annexure P-6, has been violated. Petitioner has been C.R. No. 6961 of 2009 [2] dispossessed from the house regarding which a petition for initiating Contempt proceedings (annexure P-7) has been filed by her. After hearing counsel for the petitioner, I am of the opinion that the petitioner has got an independent remedy available to her for implementation of the interim order passed in her favour under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. But so far as the impugned order awarding interim maintenance to the petitioner during the pendency of matrimonial proceedings is concerned, the amount of maintenance may not be in consonance with the salary of the respondent- husband as alleged in the petition but the amount seems to be sufficient enough to enable the petitioner to sustain herself. No ground is made out for interference. Dismissed. However, the interim order passed by the matrimonial Court or the order passed by this Court will not, in any manner, prejudice the rights of the petitioner to claim maintenance in accordance with the procedure of law separately. In case there are any changed circumstances, it will be open to the petitioner to approach the matrimonial Court for enhancement of the interim maintenance. November 27, 2009 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE