IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.R. No. 4204 of 2011 Date of decision: 14.7.2011 Davinder Singh … Petitioner versus Prabhjot Kaur @ Rakhi … Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR Present: Mr. Dinesh Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner ... ARVIND KUMAR, J: The present petitioner is the husband. He filed petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act for grant of decree of divorce. The respondent-wife filed an application under Section 24 of the Act ibid for grant of maintenance pendente-lite and litigation expenses. The Court below has fixed maintenance pendente-lite at the rate of Rs.3000/- per month from the date of application and Rs.3000/- as litigation expenses. Hence, this revision by the husband. Heard. The present petitioner-husband is legally bound to maintain his wife and child. The determination of maintenance not being governed by any rigid or inflexible rule gives wide power and discretion to the Court to do justice. The maintenance so granted is to ensure that the spouse enjoys the same monetary status and facilities as she or he was enjoying prior to separation. The petitioner has failed to prove that the respondent-wife was having any independent income. Petitioner-husband is earning Rs.6000/- per month. Respondent-wife is to maintain herself and the minor child born out of the wedlock. In this back-drop, the maintenance pendente-lite at the rate of Rs.3000/- per month is not excessive. There is no infirmity in the impugned order. The revision petition is dismissed. July 14, 2011 ( ARVIND KUMAR ) JS JUDGE