IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR No.2821/2011 Date of decision: 24.05.2011. Satpreet Singh Bammi ....................Petitioner v. Harpreet Kaur .....................Respondent Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh Present: Mr.SS Rangi,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 21.2.2011 (P1) whereby in divorce proceedings initiated by the respondent wife, on her application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, maintenance pendente lite @ Rs.6000/- per month has been granted. Learned counsel for the petitioner has argued that the learned trial court while determining the rate of maintenance pendente lite has taken the earnings of the petitioner/husband in US dollars by ignoring the expenditure incurred by him to maintain himself in the said country. He thus submits that the rate of maintenance pendente lite is on higher side After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner/husband, I find no ground to interfere with the order passed by the learned trial court. It is apparent from the record that marriage between the two was solemnised on 10.8.2008 and since 3rd September 2008, it is alleged that the husband is in USA and has not contacted the respondent wife, leading to the filing of divorce petition by her on the ground of desertion and cruelty. It is also not in dispute that the petitioner is having a declared annual income of Rs.2.10 lacs per annum in Indian currency. In view of the settled position of law that the husband is morally responsible to maintain his wife, keeping in view the status and lifestyle of the parties in the facts of the case, I find that the rate of maintenance allowed is just and reasonable, warranting no interference by this court in exercise of its revisional jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution. Dismissed. 24.05.2011 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge