( 1 ) IN this revisional application the wife as petitioner has impugned an order dated April 2, 1993 passed by the learned Additional District Judge 8th Court, Alipore, South 24 Parganas in Matrimonial Suit No. 24 of 1992 only as regards the quantum of alimony pendente lite for herself and her minor son. The husband brought the suit for divorce against the wife on the ground of cruelty.

( 2 ) IN the petition for divorce filing by the husband he contended that he has been living in a joint mess with his eldest brother, sister-in-law, niece and widow mother but the wife did not like to stay in a joint mess with them and insisted on his separation. He described his eldest brother as a person highly placed in life and he himself is a bank employee. Be that as it may, as and when the present petitioner claimed alimony pendente lite in the matrimonial proceeding contending inter alia that she was not possessed of sufficient means for her own maintenance and for the maintenance of the child and further alleged that the husband being a bank employee was earning about Rs. 5,228. 00 per month and claimed alimony pendente lite to the tune of Rs. 1,500. 00 for her o