law: 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 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.
  
   
  Comment: Amount awarded under section 125 Cr.P.C.
  
  adjustable against the amount granted under this section. Sudeep Chaudhary
  
  v. Radha Chaudhary. AIR 1999 SUPREME COURT 536