IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 30.10.2025 Col. Prashant Pandit … Appellant Vs.

Maj. (Retd.) Dr. Monica Khanna … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURVINDER SINGH GILL HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE RAMESH KUMARI Present:- Dr. Juhi Goel, Advocate for the appellant.

RAMESH KUMARI, J.

1. By way of filing the present appeal, the appellant-husband has challenged the order dated 23.09.2025 rendered in application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short ‘HMA’) vide which the respondent-wife has been awarded Rs.55,000/- per month as interim maintenance, during the pendency of the divorce petition filed by the appellant-husband.

2. Vide the impugned order, learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Gurugram, noted that the earning of the appellant-husband is Rs.3,56,250/- per month. He is paying Rs.81,000/- as income tax, Rs.45,000/- per month as deduction towards GPF account and Rs.10,000/- per month in group insurance account. It is also observed by the learned Family Court that the amount of deduction of Rs.55,000/- is also income of appellant-husband, whereas the respondent-wife has a salary of Rs.67,500/- per month besides rental income of Rs.27,000/- per month and her income from all sources is Rs.94,500/-. Besides this, the wife is taking care of son, who is 21 years of age.

3. Learned trial Court while passing the impugned order has rightly taken into consideration the income of appellant-husband and respondent-wife and the additional responsibility of respondent-wife to look after the son, who is living with her and is not earning. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner that he is making an arrangement to establish the business of son cannot be taken into consideration at this stage because no document is placed on record, which can reflect his intention or preparation to establish any kind of business for his son.

4. The purpose of grant of interim maintenance is to ameliorate the agony and financial suffering of woman, who is living separately from the husband, for the reasons mentioned in her application under Section 24 of the HMA, so that suitable arrangement can be made for her graceful existence. Considering the status of the parties to the petition, the learned Trial Court has awarded reasonable maintenance of Rs.55,000/- per month to be payable from the date of filing of the application under Section 24 of the HMA.

5. Finding no illegality or irregularity in the impugned order passed by learned trial Court, present appeal is hereby dismissed.

(GURVINDER SINGH GILL) (RAMESH KUMARI)

JUDGE JUDGE

30.10.2025 pooja saini