IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.R. No. 163 of 2005 Date of decision : May 12, 2009 Mukand Singh Petitioner Versus Kulvinder Kaur and others Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.N. JINDAL Present: Mr. M.K. Singla, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Rakesh Gupta, Advocate for the respondent A.N. JINDAL, J. (ORAL) On the death of Balwinder Singh s/o Mukand Singh (now petitioner) by suicide, Kulvinder Kaur his widow, Amandeep Singh and Hardip Kaur her son and daughter filed a suit for maintenance under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act against Mukand Singh father of Balwinder Singh. Alongwith the main suit, an application for interim maintenance was also filed. The Addl. Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.), Sunam vide order dated 26.10.2004 awarded ad interim maintenance @ Rs. 800/- per month to Kulvinder Kaur and Rs. 500/- per month each to Amandip Singh and Hardip Kaur. Aggrieved against the aforesaid order Mukand Singh has filed the present revision petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Mukand Singh owns about 50 kanals of land. Though he pleads that the same is self acquired property, yet, the question with regard to the nature of the property in hand of the Mukand Singh is still to be determined on trial. Anyway widowed daughter in law and minor children are entitled to maintenance and the father in law has a duty towards son's widow and her C.R. No. 163 of 2005 2 children regarding maintenance. The trial court while examining all the aspects of the case awarded the maintenance at a small rate because one of his other son deceased Jagga Singh had also died and the petitioner has to maintain his widow and her son Arshdeep as well. No grounds to interfere. Dismissed. (A.N.JINDAL) 12.05.2009 JUDGE reena