Special Marriage Act : Alimony pendente lite. Indian Bare Acts :

Special Marriage Act,1954

Act No : 43

Section : Alimony pendente lite.

36.Alimony pendente lite.-Where in any proceeding under Chapter V or Chapter VI it appears to the district court that the wife has no independent income sufficient for her support and the necessary expenses of the proceeding, it may, on the application of the wife, order the husband to pay to her the expenses of the proceeding, and weekly or monthly during the proceeding such sum as having regard to the husband's income, it may seem to the court to be reasonable.