(29) SecUon 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 provides for permanent alimony and mauitenance. Sub-section (1) of Section 25 provides that any coirrt exercising jurisdiction tmder fhis Act may, at the time of passing any decree or at any time subsequent thereto, on applicaUon made to it for the purpose by either the wife or fhe husband, as the case may be, order that the respondent shall pay to the applicant for her or his maintenance and support such gross suin or such monthly or periodical sum for a term not exceeding the life of the applicant as, having regard to the respondent's own income and other property, if any, the income and other property of the applicant, the conduct of the parties and other cu'ciimstances of fhe case, it may seem to the court to be just, and any such payment may be secyred, if necessary/ by a charge on the immovable property of the respondent. In fhe instant case, no alimony has been granted by the Family Court. In appeal, an application, I.A.No. 3/2006, was filed by the appellant setting the terms for grant of decree of divorce on mutual consent. In the said application, she demanded certain property and permanent alimony of Rs.25 Lakhs.
