Civil Revision No.7686 of 2010(O&M) [ 1 ] IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ... Civil Revision No.7686 of 2010(O&M) Decided on : February 07, 2011 Sewa Kaur ... Petitioner VERSUS Pardeep Singh ... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE A.N.JINDAL Present: Mr.Atul Jain, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Sameer Sachdeva, Advocate for the respondent. A.N.JINDAL, J.- The matrimonial Court while deciding the application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (herein for short `the Act') in the proceedings under Section 13 of the Act directed the respondent – husband to pay a sum of Rs.1000/- per month on account of maintenance pendente lite and a sum of Rs.3000/- on account of the litigation expenses for the petitioner – wife and her daughter, during the pendency of the petition. While assailing the impugned order dated, 25.10.2010, the petitioner has submitted that she has no source of income and is unable to maintain herself and the minor daughter, while the respondent is the only Civil Revision No.7686 of 2010(O&M) [ 2 ] son; his father Sohan Singh owns 20 acres of land; the amount so awarded is very meager and inadequate to pull on with the day-today needs. To the contrary, the counsel for the respondent has stated that the respondent has not only to maintain himself, but her old parents as well, therefore, the maintenance awarded is adequate and reasonable. Copy of the Jamabandi for the year 2004-2005 produced by the respondent in order to support his case reveals that father of the respondent, namely Sohan Singh owns about 54 Kanal 5 Marlas of land. It is not disputed that the respondent is the only son of Sohan Singh. It also cannot be disputed that the monthly maintenance amount of Rs.1000/-, as awarded by the Trial Court was too meager for the petitioner to maintain herself and her minor daughter. Similarly, the amount of Rs.3000/- cannot be said to be sufficient to meet the litigation expenses. Resultantly, the petition is accepted, the impugned order is set aside and the amount of maintenance pendente lite is enhanced to Rs.2000/- per month for the petitioner and her minor daughter Navjot Kaur. Similarly, the litigation expenses are also enhanced to Rs.6000/- from Rs.3000/-. It is made clear that the enhanced maintenance shall be applicable from the date of filing of the petition under Section 13 of the Act. February 07, 2011 ( A.N.JINDAL ) `gian' JUDGE