1. This order will also dispose of Civil Revision Petition No. 54 of 1987, as both these revision petitions have arisen out of the same order passed by the Additional District Judge, Karnal, on the applications filed by both the parties under Sec.24 of the Hindu Marriage Act (hereinafter called the Act).

2. Hari Parkash Bansal, respondent, filed the petition for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce under Sec.13 of the Act, against his wife Urmila Devi, the petitioner, on the ground of cruelty. During the pendency of the said petition, both the parties filed applications under Sec.24 of the Act, for the grant of maintenance pendente lite and expenses of litigation on the allegations that they had no independent and sufficient means to maintain each other. While the husband alleged that his wife was earning more than Rs. 500.00 per month by doing tailoring work, the wife countered to say that her husband had an income of Rs. 3,000.00 per mensem from the kiryana shop apart from the interest income of Rs. 1,000.00 . It may be stated that the marriage between the parties had taken place on December 8, 1984, and the petition for divorce was filed in February, 1986. The