IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 9471 OF 2009 Chandrakant @ Chandru Dhondi Kodalkar..... ..... ...Petitioner V/s Thakubai Chandrakant Kodalkar..... ..... ...Respondent. Mr.Dilip Bodake, Adv. for the petitioner. None for the Respondent. CORAM: A.P.DESHPANDE, J. 10th December, 2009. PC: The petitioner is husband whereas the respondent is wife. Marriage was solemnized as per the Hindu Rights & Customs. The respondent filed suit for maintenance against the petitioner on the ground that she is legally wedded wife and the petitioner has refused and neglected to maintain her. According to the respondent as she could not give birth to child she was ill treated and driven out of the house about eight years back. The respondent pleaded that the petitioner is possessed of huge agricultural land and yearly income is about Rs.6 lacs. It is also stated that the respondent has no means of subsistence and she is forced to stay with her parents. In the said suit an application was moved for granting interim maintenance. Interim maintenance prayed for was in the sum of Rs.4000/­ per month. The petitioner contended before the court below that the respondent is not legally wedded wife of the petitioner and she is nothing more than a keep. Hence has no right to claim maintenance. It is also contended by the petitioner that he has disposed of immovable property. However 1 neither the sale deed appears to have been placed on record of the court below nor the particulars in regard to consideration received by the petitioner has been spelt out. Having regard to the material on record and the attending circumstances the court below found that prima facie it is established that the respondent is legally wedded wife of the petitioner and that she is unable to maintain herself, hence passed an order directing payment of interim maintenance at the rate of Rs.800/­ per month till the decision of the suit. Perused the order. Same does not call for any interference. Hence writ petition stands dismissed summarily. 10.12.2009. 2