IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR No.3850/2011 Date of decision: 03.06.2011. Sukhwinder Singh ....................Petitioner v. Kamaldeep Kaur @ Ruby .....................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Present: Mr.Hardeep Singh,Advocate for the petitioner. Jaswant Singh.J.(Oral) Husband/petitioner has filed the instant revision petition under Article 227 of the Constitution assailing the order dated 16.8.2010 (P4) passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala, whereby in the petition under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act (for short the Act) filed by him, on an application under Section 24 of the Act, the respondent wife has been awarded a sum of Rs.6000/- per month as maintenance pendente lite, besides litigation expenses of Rs.5000/-. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that while awarding the maintenance pendente lite the learned Addl. Sessions Judge has taken the sole plea of the respondent that the petitioner/husband is working in a Multi National Company and earning Rs.50,000/- per month. It is further submitted that in fact the the petitioner is earning Rs.12454/- as basic salary, and apart from basic salary the petitioner is getting Rs.6227/- as house rent; Rs.800/- as conveyance allowance; Rs.2117/- as leave travel allowance, Rs.1250/- as medical reimbursement and Rs.15572/- as cash allowance. It is thus submitted that the maintenance pendente lite awarded to the respondent wife is on the higher side. After hearing the learned counsel, I find no illegality in the impugned order. Even if it assumed that the petitioner is getting emoluments as stated in para 2 above, still it comes to Rs.38420/- and the maintenance pendente lite granted is only Rs.6000/- per month, which in my considered opinion, cannot be said to be on higher side keeping in view the cost of living in these days of inflation. In view of the above,finding no merit in the present revision petition the same is hereby dismissed. 03.06.2011 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge