Rangathayi Ammal – Appellant
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Neli Munusawmy Chetty – Respondent
1. The main question for decision is what is the proper rate of maintenance to be awarded to the plaintiff against the minor defendant, her step-son. The Subordinate Judge finds that the family property in the hands of the defendant would be worth Rs. 19,500 and that the annual income thereof might be taken to be Rs. 1.710. He awards maintenance to the plaintiff at Rs. 15 per mensem, being of opinion that one-sixth of the income of the estate or one-third of the income of her husbands share would be a proper allotment to her. He made no award for the plaintiffs residence or any extraordinary expenses. The learned vakil for the appellant objects to the principle adopted by the lower court and further offers to show that the value of the family property and the income derivable therefrom would be considerably more than what the Subordinate Judge has found them to be. We need hardly point out that what a Hindu widow is entitled to for her maintenance is an amount which, in the opinion of the court, would be required to enable her to live comfortably according to the standard of comfort obtaining in the community to which she belongs, regard being had also to the extent of the
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