( 1 ) PETITIONER is the wife of. the respondent. Both of them are Doctors by qualification. The respondent is working as a Medical Officer in a Government Hospital. The respondent has filed a divorce petition in MC. No. 57/2001 on the file of the Family court at Mysore. In the said proceedings, the petitioner filed an application under section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act claiming an interim maintenance of Rs. 5,000/- per month and litigation expenses of Rs. 50,000/ -. The said application is dismissed by the trial Court on the ground that the petitioner is also attending as a Doctor in "hariharan Clinic", which according to the respondent is a very famous clinic in chennai. This order is called in question in this writ petition.

( 2 ) ACCORDING to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the name of the petitioner appears on the board of Hariharan Clinic as one of the consulting Doctors and the said name appears along with her brother prior to marriage and even though she is not practising as a Doctor, her name on the board continues and therefore, petitioner is entitled for a separate maintenance.

( 3 ) ADMITTEDLY, petitioner is residing with her parents at Chennai and whose broth

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