THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1546 OF 2003 ORDER: 1 First Respondent herein filed M.C.No.29 of 1989 on the file of the Court of the Judicial Magistrate of I Class, Mahaboobnagar claiming maintenance from the petitioner herein. The learned Magistrate after examining both the parties awarded maintenance to the first respondent at the rate of Rs.250/- p.m. taking the circumstances prevailing at the relevant point of time into consideration. Subsequently the wife i.e. first respondent filed Crl.M.P.No.322 of 2003 for enhancement of the said maintenance amount from Rs.250/- to Rs.3,000/- p.m. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, the learned Magistrate by his order dated 29.08.2003 enhanced the said amount of Rs.250/- to Rs.1,000/- p.m. towards her maintenance. The same is questioned by the husband in this revision. 2 Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, I am of the opinion that the present revision is devoid of any merit. At the earliest point of time when the wife approached the court below seeking a direction to her husband to pay maintenance to her, the court below, taking the circumstances prevailing at the relevant point of time into consideration, awarded an amount of Rs.250/- p.m. towards her maintenance. But in view of the steep increase in the cost of living, the wife, being unable to sustain herself with that meagre amount of Rs.250/- approached the court below and filed the present application i.e. Crl.M.P.No.322 of 2003 for enhancement of the said maintenance amount from Rs.250/- to Rs.3,000/- p.m. The court below taking into consideration the present cost of living, and the income of the petitioner, passed the order impugned in this revision enhancing the said amount of Rs.250/- to Rs.1,000/-, which, in the considered opinion of this court is perfectly justified. Even the said amount of Rs.1,000/- is not sufficient in these hard days. Hence I see no merits in this revision and accordingly the same is liable to be dismissed. 3 In the result, the Criminal Revision Case is dismissed. -------------- Kvsn 15.07.2010