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No. 12.—PETITION for Alimony pending the suit
(See section 36)
In the (High) Court of
B. against B.
To, the Hon’ble Mr. Justice [or To the Judge of
].
The day of 186 .
The petition of C.B., the lawful
wife of A.B.
SHEWETH,
1. That the said A.B. has for some years carried on the business of , at
, and from such business derives the net annual income of
from Rs. 4,000 to 5000.
2. That the said A.B. is possessed of plate, furniture, linen and other effects at his said house,
aforesaid, all of which he acquired in right of your petitioner as his wife, or
purchased with money he acquired through her, of the value of Rs. 10,000.
3. That the said A.B. is entitled, under the will of his father, subject to the life interest of his mother
therein to property of the value of Rs. 5,000 or some other considerable amount (a).
Your petitioner, therefore, prays that this (Hon’ble) Court will decree such sum or sums of money
by way of alimony, pending the suit, as to this (Hon’ble) Court may seem meet.
(Signed) C.B.
Form of Verification : See No. 1
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No. 13.—Statement in answer to No. 12
In the (High) Court of
B, against B.
A.B., of , the above-named respondent, in
answer to the petition for alimony, pending the suit, of C.B., says —
1. In answer to the first paragraph of the said petition, I say that I have for the last three years
carried, on the business of , at and
that, from such business, I have derived a net annual income of Rs. 900, but less than Rs. 1,000.
2. In answer to the second paragraph of the said petition, I say that I am possessed of plate,
furniture, linen and other chattels and effects at my said house
aforesaid, of the value of Rs. 7,000, but as I verily believe of no larger value. And I say that a portion
of the said plate, furniture and other chattels and effects of the value of Rs. 1,500 belonged to my said
wife before our marriage, but the remaining portions thereof I have since purchased with my own
monies. And I say that, save as hereinbefore set forth, I am not possessed of the plate and other effects
as alleged in the said paragraph in the said petition, and that I did not acquire the same as in the said
petition also mentioned.
3. I admit that I am entitled under the will of my father, subject to the life-interest of my mother
therein, to property of the value of Rs. 5,000, that is to say, I shall be entitled under my said father’s
will, upon the death of my mother, to a legacy of Rs. 7,000, out of which I shall, have to pay to my
father's executors the sum of Rs. 2,000 the amount of a debt owing by me to his estate, and upon
which debt I am now paying interest at the rate of five per cent per annum.
4. And, in further answer to the said petition, I say that I have no income whatever except that
derived from my aforesaid business, that such income, since my said wife left me, which she did on
the day of last, has been considerably
diminished, and that such diminution is likely to continue. And I say that out of my said income, I
have to pay the annual sum of Rs. 100 for such interest as aforesaid to my late father's executors, and
also to support myself and my two oldest children.
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(a) The Petitioner should state her husband’s income as accurately as possible