JUDGMENT

(Prayer:- Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, against the fair and decreetal order dated 23.04.2022 passed in I.A.No.1 of 2021 in H.M.O.P No.74 of 2020 on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Ambasamudram.)

1. The present revision petition has been filed by the petitioner/husband against the order dated 23.04.2022 passed by the learned Sub Judge, Ambasamudram in I.A.No.01 of 2021 in H.M.O.P.No.74 of 2020. In the said order, the learned Sub Judge has granted interim maintenance to the respondent/wife at the rate of Rs.12,000/- per month to be paid by the petitioner/husband from the date of petition till the date of disposal of the divorce petition. In addition the petitioner/husband is directed to pay a sum of Rs.7,000/- for litigation expenses.

2. Brief facts leading this revision are as under:-

(i) Both the revision petitioner and the respondent got married on 22.11.2015 and they were living together. Thereafter, the relationship between the parties got strained in the year 2020. The respondent/wife filed a divorce petition in HMOP No.74 of 2020 on the grounds of cruelty and infertility. During pendency of HMOP, the respondent/wife fi