CR No.2612 of 2010 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CR No.2612 of 2010 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 06.09.2010 **** Vandan Sharma . . . . Petitioner VS. Sanjiv Sharma . . . . Respondent **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN **** Present: - Mr.H.K. Brinda, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Vijay Lath, Advocate for the respondent. **** RAKESH KUMAR JAIN J. (ORAL) This revision petition is directed against order dated 26.3.2010 passed by the Additional District Judge (Ad hoc) Fast Track Court, Ropar by which an amount of `2000/- per month as maintenance pendente lite from the date of filing the application and `2500/- towards litigation expenses has been awarded. In brief, the petitioner and respondent got married on 15.2.1997 and are blessed with two children, who are studying in school. Both the children are living with the petitioner. The husband/respondent filed an application under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) to seek divorce from the petitioner. During the proceedings, petitioner moved an application under Section 24 of the Act against the respondent claiming maintenance pendente lite to the tune of `10,000/- per month and also litigation expenses to the tune of CR No.2612 of 2010 (O&M) -2- `20,000/-. The learned Court below assessed the income of the respondent as `10,000/- per month and awarded `2000/- per month as maintenance pendente lite and `2500/- towards litigation expenses. Respondent did not challenge the order by which his income has been assessed as `10,000/- per month. The petitioner has come up in revision challenging the inadequacy of the amount of interest as the learned Court below has awarded only 1/5th of the income of the husband/respondent towards maintenance of petitioner and two children. After hearing learned counsel for the parties, I am of the view that amount of `2000/- per month as maintenance pendente lite is on a lower side because the Court should have taken into consideration not only the maintenance for the wife but also maintenance for two school going children. Hence, the maintenance pendente lite is enhanced to `4000/- per month from the date of filing of the application and litigation expenses is also enhanced to `5000/- With the aforesaid observations, present revision petition is allowed. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) SEPTEMBER 06, 2010 JUDGE Vivek