-: 1 :- HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 8362 OF 2009 Sonali Purnachandra @ Nikhil Tipnis. ..Petitioner. Versus Purnachandra @ Nikhil R. Tipnis. ..Respondent. Mr. Rajesh Datar for the petitioner. Coram : R. V. MORE, J. Date : March 22, 2010. P. C. : 1. The Petitioner is wife of the respondent. The respondent has filed petition against the petitioner for decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty and same is pending before the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Thane. During the pendency of this petition, the wife took out the application under section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for interim maintenance of the child begotten of their legal wedlock. By the impugned order the trial Court granted an amount of Rs.3,000/- towards the maintenance of the child. This order is impugned in the present writ petition. There is no dispute that the petitioner as well as the respondent are employed and petitioner is earning an amount of Rs.40,000/- per month and the respondent is earning Rs.25,000/- per month. The petitioner has not claimed any maintenance for herself. The age of the child is 3 years. Learned trial judge taking into consideration the earning capacities of the parties and age of the child directed the respondent to pay an amount of Rs.3,000/- per month towards the maintenance of the -: 2 :- child. It is the responsibility of the petitioner also to maintain the child. In the above circumstances, I am of the opinion that the amount of interim maintenance granted by the trial court is just and reasonable one and no interference is required in the impugned order in the writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India. The petition is therefore dismissed. 2. It is clarified that this order will not restrain the petitioner from claiming enhancement of maintenance to the child in future in changed of circumstances. (R.V. MORE, J.)