Appeal filed against the Judgment and decree, dated 27.08.1999 made in O.S.No.153 of 1998 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Judge, Mayiladuthurai.

This appeal is directed against the Judgment and Decree passed by the lower court, namely, Principal Subordinate Court, Mayiladuthurai in O.S.No.153/1998, dated 27.08.1999 preferred by the aggrieved defendant.

.2. The defendant is the appellant. The suit was filed by the wife and the minor child seeking for past maintenance at Rs.1,000/-per month for the 1st plaintiff and at Rs.500/- per month for the 2nd plaintiff for three years and also to pay the future maintenance from the date of the plaint at the same rate to the plaintiffs and also to pay a sum of Rs.3 Lakhs towards the marriage expenses of the minor 2nd plaintiff and for recovery of B schedule jewels from the custody of the defendant and for costs.

.3. The brief facts of the plaintiffs before the lower court are as follows:

.The marriage between the 1st plaintiff and the defendant took place on 210. 1991 at Seerkazhi Taluk, Thiruvenkadu Village by following the Hindu Customs. After the marriage, the 1st plaintiff and the defendant lived at Coimbatore along wi