Venkatarama Aiyar, J.- This is an appeal against the order of Panchapakesa Ayyar, J., directing the appellant to pay to the first respondent a sum of Rs. 500 by way of interim maintenance pending the disposal of a suit on the Original Side of this Court. The first respondent in her plaint alleged that the appellant had married her in 1943 and that she continued to live with him for some time but that he latterly neglected her and did not maintain her and the relief prayed for is that the first defendant be directed to pay arrears of maintenance and also future maintenance at the rate of Rs. 500 a month. The plaintiff also filed an application for an award of interim maintenance during the pendency of the suit. The first defendant contested the claim. He denied he ever married the plaintiff and disputed his liability to pay any maintenance. The application for award of interim maintenance came up before Panchapakesa Ayyar, J. After taking some evidence, he properly declined to express any opinion on the merits of the case but directed that the first defendant should pay to the plaintiff a sum of Rs. 500 as interim maintenance pending the final disposal of the suit. It is against tha

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