Mr. M.M.S Bedi, J. (Oral):- The respondent-wife has filed an application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, for the grant of maintenance pendent lite @ Rs.20,000/- per month claiming that the appellant-husband is working as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Mehar Chand Polytechnic College, Jalandhar and is getting salary of Rs.60,000/- per month. It is averred that the appellant-husband is residing with his parents and father of the appellant-husband has retired from Merchant Navy and is getting pension as such, the appellant-husband has no liability. It has been informed that a sum of Rs.12,000/- per month was awarded to the respondent-wife by the Additional District Judge, Hoshiarpur, vide order dated 17.9.2015, in proceedings under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act. She claims that she is earning a sum of Rs.6950/- per month which is not sufficient to make both ends meet.

2. The appellant-husband has filed the reply bringing it to the notice of this Court that a sum of Rs.12,000/- per month awarded by the lower Court in application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, has been reduced to Rs.7,000/- per month vide order dated 8.2.2018, passed in