JUDGMENT :

G. CHANDRASEKHARAN, J.

PRAYER: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 19 of the Family Court Act, 1955, to set aside the fair and decretal order dated 05.01.2021 passed in I.A. No. 1 of 2019 in H.M.O.P. No. 1464 of 2018 on the file of he Additional Principal Family Judge, Coimbatore, by allowing the appeal.

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed against the order passed by the learned Additional Principal Family Judge, Coimbatore, in I.A. No. 1 of 2019 in H.M.O.P. No. 1464 of 2018.

2. The respondent/wife filed a petition under Section 13(1)(i)(i-a) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seeking divorce against the appellant. Pending the divorce proceedings, she filed I.A. No. 1 of 2019 under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seeking interim maintenance.

3. The facts necessary for the disposal of this appeal are as follows:

The marriage between the appellant and the respondent was solemnized on 02.11.2008 and they are blessed with a daughter, Sreesha, who was born on 03.10.2009. The appellant's parents and sister demanded seer and 100 sovereigns of gold from the respondent. In 2011, the appellant got employment in Bosch Company as Associate Project Manager at Coimb