ORDER

These petitions are preferred by the husband and wife respectively. The husband prefers W.P.No.26319/2023 calling in question the order of grant of maintenance by the concerned Court. W.P.No.21986/2023 is preferred by the wife seeking enhancement of maintenance as ordered by the concerned Court.

2. Heard the learned counsel Sri.Spoorthy Hegde N., representing the wife and the learned counsel Sri. Nehal Thimmaiah M.P., representing the husband.

3. Facts in brief, germane for a consideration of the lis, are as follows:

The petitioners are husband and wife. The two get married on 20.06.2014. The relationship between the two appears to have turned sour and on such floundering of the relationship, the husband is before the concerned Court seeking annulment of marriage invoking Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. In the said petition, the wife files an application under Section 24 of the Act seeking interim maintenance. It transpires that the respondent - husband objected to the grant of any maintenance on the ground that the wife herself is well to do and she would not need any maintenance. The concerned Court passes an order on 08.09.2023 directing payment of maintenance of