Section 25 contains similar provisions regarding payment of permanent alimony and maintenance. The object of Section 24 is to ensure that a party to a proceeding does not suffer during the pendency of the proceeding by reason of his or her poverty. The party standing in need of such relief may either be the petitioner or the respondent and prima facie there is no reason why Parliament should try to make a distinction in this context. The fact that under Section 24 relief can be granted to both the wife and the husband indicates that the legislature intended to make no such distinction. The object behind Section 24 is to provide financial assistance to the indigent spouse to maintain her (or himself) during the pendency of the proceedings and also to have sufficient funds to defend or carry on the litigation so that the spouse does not unduly suffer in the conduct of the case for wants of funds. Section 24 thus confers a substantial right on the applicant during the pendency of the proceeding. When such a right has accrued to the applicant and the matter has been filed, allowance of temporary alimony is not regarded as a matter of
Section 25 contains similar provisions regarding payment of permanent alimony and maintenance. The object of Section 24 is to ensure that a party to a proceeding does not suffer during the pendency of the proceeding by reason of his or her poverty. The party standing in need of such relief may either be the petitioner or the respondent and prima facie there is no reason why Parliament should try to make a distinction in this context. The fact that under Section 24 relief can be granted to both the wife and the husband indicates that the legislature intended to make no such distinction. The object behind Section 24 is to provide financial assistance to the indigent spouse to maintain her (or himself) during the pendency of the proceedings and also to have sufficient funds to defend or carry on the litigation so that the spouse does not unduly suffer in the conduct of the case for wants of funds. Section 24 thus confers a substantial right on the applicant during the pendency of the proceeding. When such a right has accrued to the applicant and the matter has been filed, allowance of temporary alimony is not regarded as a matter of
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