The provision for maintenance pendente lite in Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is given in

Option A: Section 22

Option B: Section 23

Option C: Section 24

Option D: Section 25

Correct Answer

Option: c

Explanation

Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 deals with Maintenance pendente lite and experses of proceedings. It provides that- 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 to the petitioner the expenses of the proceeding, and monthly during 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.

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