Section 24 of Hindu Marriage Act 1955: Maintenance pendente lite and expenses of proceedings
Maintenance pendente lite and expenses of proceedings Hindu Marriage Act 1955
24. Maintenance pendente lite and expenses of proceedings.-
Where in any proceeding under this Act it appears to the Court that either the wife
or the husband, as the case may be, has no independent income sufficient for her
or his support and the necessary expenses of the proceeding, it may, on the
application of the wife or the husband, order the respondent to pay the petitioner
the expenses of the proceeding such sum as, having regard to the petitioner’s own
income and the income of the respondent, it may seem to the Court to be
reasonable