( 1 ) THIS appeal is by the wife and the cross-objections by the husband. Two suits were filed by the wife against the husband for maintenance. Suit No. 507 of 1968 was for maintenance from 13. 5. 1963 to 31-3-1966 and Suit No. 148 of 1967 was for maintenance from 1. 4. 1966 to 31. 12. 1970. The two suits were decided together by the learned single Judge who awarded maintenance to the wife at the rate of Rs. 300. 00 per month till the 31st December, 1,970 and Rs. 450. 00 thereafter from January, 1971. The wife has appealed for an increase in the quantum of maintenance, while the husband has filed cross-objections denying the right oft he wife to separate maintenance and also pleading that the amount of maintenance granted should be reduced.

( 2 ) THE two main questions argued before us related firstly to the right of the wife to separate maintenance and secondly to the quantum of maintenance to be allowed to her.

( 3 ) AS to the right of maintenance, sub-section (2) of Section 18 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. lists the grounds on which a Hindu wife shall be entitled to live separately from her husband without forfeiting her right to mainten