Civil Revision No.7329 of 2010 (O & M ) IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: February 11, 2011. Civil Revision No.7329 of 2010 (O & M ) Sukhdev Singh ….Petitioner Versus Satwinder Kaur ..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHINDER PAL. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr. T.P.S. Tung, Advocate, for the petitioner. MOHINDER PAL, J. The petitioner-husband is aggrieved against the order passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Hoshiarpur, whereby the respondent-wife was granted maintenance pendent lite to the tune of Rs.1500/- per month and litigation expenses of Rs.1000/- in an Civil Revision No.7329 of 2010 (O & M ) application filed by her under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short `the Act’) in a petition filed by the petitioner-husband under Section 13 of the Act for dissolution of marriage. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and going through the impugned order, I do not see any ground warranting interference by this Court in exercise of its revisional jurisdiction. The learned Additional District Judge has granted this meager amount of maintenance pendent lite keeping in view the fact that the respondent- wife is living in the house owned by the petitioner-husband and that the respondent-wife had declared her total assets to the tune of Rs.63,70,000/- while swearing an affidavit submitted by her to the Italian Embassy for getting visa. It is also worth noticing that two children born out of the wed-lock of the petitioner and respondent, who are studying in B.Sc Medical and 10 + 1, are also residing with the respondent-wife. The petitioner is legally bound to maintain her wife. The amount granted by the trial Court as maintenance pendent lite i.e Rs.1500/- per month and litigation expenses of Rsx.1,000/- to the respondent-wife cannot, in any manner, be said to be on the higher side. This revision petition is, accordingly, hereby dismissed being without any merit. Dated: February 11 ,2011. (MOHINDER PAL) JUDGE