( 1 ) IN this Letters Patent Appeal the important questions that arise for our decision are: (i) whether a destitute widowed daughter has a right of maintenance against her brothers after the death of her father when she could not get sufficient provision from her deceased husband s family for her maintenance, and (ii) whether the property given to her for her maintenance for lifetime becomes an absolute estate under Section I4{1) or the limited interest does not enlarge and continues to be restricted estate under Section 14 (2) of the Hindu Succession Act.

( 2 ) THE material facts relevant for our present purpose are: Late Kota Ramayya had four sons, viz. (i) Venkata Subbayya, (ii) Raghavayya, (iii) China Venkayya (plaintiff) and (iv) Anjayya, and two daughters, viz. (i) Venkatasubbamma and (ii) Adi Lakshmamma. Adi Lakshmamma, the younger sister of the plaintiff, lost her husband at an younger age even before she joined her husband and she has no property from her husband s or father-in-law s side to depend upon for her. maintenance. Therefore, from the time of her widowhood she was living with her father and after his death with the brothers. The four brothers on