Special Marriage Act, 1954
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.