Anantanarayanan, J.—

A.S. No. 462 of 1955 is an appeal by defendants 1 to 6 in the Court below in a suit instituted in forma pauperis by a Hindu widow for recovery of arrears of maintenance, and for enhancement of maintenance and raiment allowance. A.S. No. 492 of 1955 is an appeal by the widow upon grounds that she ought to have been granted enhanced maintenance and raiment allowance as prayed for. In this appeal, there is a memorandum of cross-objections filed by respondents 5 and 6, particularly objecting, inter alia, to any enhancement of maintenance from the date of demand by the widow (15th December, 1945), as decreed by the learned Additional Subordinate Judge of Tirunelveli.

The background of facts may be briefly set forth as follows: One Sri V. Subbuswami Ayyar was a vakil of Vannarpet who had extensive properties, and he died in 1905 leaving a very rich estate. His four sons were Subramania Ayyar, Srinivasa Ayyar, Ramachandra Ayyar and Sankaranarayana Ayyar (first defendant). Ramachandra Ayyar died without issue on 1st July, 1919 leaving his widow Lakshmi Ammal (the present plaintiff). Subramania Ayyar died on 28th February, 1922, again without children, but leaving two wid

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