S. Muralidhar, J.

1. These two matrimonial appeals are directed against the judgment dated 16.12.2004 passed by the Additional District Judge, Delhi (ADJ) in H.M.A. No 712-A/04/96. By the impugned judgment the learned ADJ partly allowed the said petition for divorce filed by Shri Jitender Kumar Jauhar (the respondent in Mat. Appeal No. 6 of 2005 and the appellant in Mat Appeal No 8 of 2005) and held that the marriage between the parties which took place on 12.5.1963 should be dissolved on the ground of desertion.

2. Aggrieved by the said judgment, Smt. Anupama Jauhar has filed Mat. Appeal No. 6 of 2005. To the extent that the impugned judgment holds that the petitioner failed to prove that the respondent treated him with cruelty, Shri Jitender Kumar Jauhar has filed the first mentioned appeal being Mat. Appeal No. 8 of 2005.

3. In addition to filing her appeal, Smt. Anupama Jauhar filed an application being CM No. 3681 of 2005 under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 (Act) seeking maintenance of Rs. 1 lakh per month as interim maintenance from the date of filing of the present appeal along with Rs. 50,000/- on account of litigation expenses. Even while the said appli