Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

This petition, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, for enhancement of the amount of maintenance pendente-lite and litigation expenses, is directed against the order passed by the learned District Judge (Forest), Shimla on 19.5.2014 whereby the application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act (for short 'Act') filed by the petitioner-wife for grant of maintenance pendente-lite and litigation expenses has been allowed thereby awarding the amount of maintenance pendente-lite to the tune of Rs. 2,500/- per month from the date of filing of the application and Rs. 5,000/- as litigation expenses.

2. The facts, in brief, are that the respondent herein, filed a petition under Section 13 of the Act for grant of decree of divorce against the petitioner-wife, which is pending before the Court below. The petitioner-wife is presently residing in Kurukshetra University in Girls' Hostel for pursuing her studies of Ph.D. The petitioner has submitted that she has no source of income and her mother is providing necessary financial assistance for pursuing her studies and in order to defend the divorce petition she needs maintenance pendente-lite at th