1. - The Judge of the Family Court, Jaipur by his order dated 4-3-1992 granted maintenance to respondent No. 1, wife of the appellant and the respondents 2 and 3, daughters of the appellant on an application moved by them on 5th July, 1989. He has allowed Rs. 350/-per month to the wife and Rs. 150/- each to the two daughters from the date of application i.e 5-7-89. Before coming to the points raised by the learned Counsel for the parties, brief facts of the case maybe looked into. It is an admitted position that the appellant and the respondent No. 1 were married on 18-5-1975 and they had three children. Eldest is the son Rahul, who is presently living with the appellant. The other two daughters are living with the mother. According to the respondent No. 1, the relations between husband and wife were cordial up to 1986, but thereafter the appellant started treating her with a cruelty and he used to often beat her. In order to bring bad name even he filed a complaint, but she continued to bear all the insults and lived with him till October, 1988 when she was turned out of the house. Again her mother intervened and she was admitted to the house of the appellant but seven da