Swatanter Kumar, J.

1. By this Order I will dispose of an application filed by the wife Smt. Saroj Handa, under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") for grant of litigation expenses and maintenance pendente lite.

2. The parties were married on 29.8.1973 at Bassi Pathana District Patiala, according to Hindu Rites. Two daughters were born from this wedlock - first on 24.11.1974 and the second on 16.1.1976. The wife was employed as a teachress in the Govt. Girls High School at Bassi Pathana. However, she retired from the said service and is now a retired woman, living alone. The marriage of first daughter was solemnized on 31.5.1997 and she spent an amount of Rupees Three lacs and the marriage of the second daughter was solemnized on 12.4.2003 and she claimed that she had taken loan for that purpose. According to her, the husband did not contribute at all in the second marriage while he is employed as Deputy Manager in the Food Corporation of India posted at Chandigarh and is getting a salary of more than Rs. 20,000/- per month, maintaining a car, living a lavish life, owns one double storey house with area of 300 square yards in Te