Bharati H. Dangre, J.

The present petition is filed by the petitioner challenging the order dated 22.06.2017 passed by the Family Court at Bandra below Exh-7 in petition No.A-1097/ 2015, thereby allowing the application and directing the petitioner to pay an amount of Rs. 25,000/- per month to the petitioner and Rs. 20,000/- per month each for both the children towards interim maintenance from the date of the filing of the application including the house rent. The petitioner is aggrieved by the said order and prays for quashing and setting aside the said order on the ground that the Family Court has exceeded its jurisdiction in passing the said order. A brief chronology of facts and events leading to the filing of present petition is culled out in the subsequent paragraphs.

2. The petitioner and the respondent belong to Islamic Alvi Bohra Community and were married on 16.10.1997. Out of the said marriage three children were born and one eldest son expired on 28.10.2014. The other two children are aged 14 and 13 years respectively.

The respondent-wife filed petition for divorce under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939 seeking dissolution of the marriage, before the