CR No.1797 of 2002 : 1 : In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. Date of decision: 04.09.2009 Tepinder Singh Vs. Gurmeet Kaur CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: None for the parties. PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral): I have perused the impugned order dated 24.01.2002, whereby the Trial Court has fixed the maintenance pendente lite against the present petitioner during the pendency of petition under Section 11 of the HM Act, Rs.2000/- per month and also awarded Rs.2500/- as litigation expenses. The petitioner had admitted the second marriage with respondent during the proceedings though a petition under Section 11 of the Act aforesaid was filed by the respondent. The allegations in the matrimonial petition are that the petitioner contracted second marriage with the respondent during the subsistence of first marriage with the widow of his brother who had died. The factum of marriage was also established in the departmental proceedings against the petitioner wherein he was awarded punishment for contracting second marriage. In view of the above, I find no merit in the present petition and the same is hereby dismissed with no order as to costs. 04.09.2009 (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUEGE