IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.1607 of 2007 MD.KAUSHAL Versus PARWEEN BANO ----------- 2 28.8.2008 Heard Counsel for the petitioner. In the opinion of this Court, an amount of Rs. 1,000/- per month by way of maintenance to the wife, opposite party cannot be said to either excessive or illegal. Counsel for the petitioner, however, has insisted that the petitioner is still interested in resuming his normal conjugal life with the opposite party and that some intervention is required from the Court. If that be so, it will be always open for the petitioner to approach the Family Court by filing an application whereafter, the Court below will make one more serious effort for the amicable settlement of the dispute. It is, however, made clear that on account of mere pendency of such settlement proceeding, the petitioner will not have a ground to refuse to pay either arrears or current amount and in fact, the petitioner must keep on paying the amount of maintenance to the wife till the issue is resolved, if possible. With the aforesaid observation, this civil revision application is hereby dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)