Petitioner – husband is knocking at the doors of Writ

Court for assailing the maintenance order dated 05.07.2022

passed by the learned Additional Senior Civil Judge at

Madhugiri in his pending divorce petition in M.C No.

43/2020. By the said order passed u/s 24 of Hindu Marriage

Act, 1955, the learned Judge has directed the payment of

monthly maintenance at Rs. 2000 and a lump sum of Rs.

10,000 as litigation expenses.

2.

Having heard the counsel for the petitioner and

having perused the petition papers, this Court declines

indulgence as under:

(a)

The relationship between the parties is not in

dispute and petitioner has sought for dissolution of

marriage in the pending matrimonial case. The learned

Judge of the Court below having considered all aspects of

the matter has made the discretionary order of the kind and

therefore, this Court in its limited supervisory jurisdiction

constitutionally vested under article 227 cannot undertake a

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deeper examination thereof vide SADHNA LODH vs.

NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (2003) 3 SCC

524.

(b)

What is awarded by way of monthly maintenance

is Rs. 2000, i.e., a frugal sum of less than Rs. 70 per day.

In these costly days, it would not