GEEVARGHESE ALEYAMMA Vs. VIMALA MATHEW

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The appellant filed a suit for maintenance impleading the legal representatives of her deceased brothers Devassia and Mathew. The heirs of Devassia are Defendants 1 to 6 in the suit. The heirs of Mathew are Defendants 7 to 12 in the suit and they are the respondents before us. The maintenance was claimed by the appellant on the basis of the Will executed by her late father in the year 1965 by which the father bequeathed certain properties to his two sons while imposing an obligation to maintain the appellant in the manner stated in the Will. The relevant portion of the Will reads as follows:

(3.) The appellant's contention has been that the amount of Rs. 100.00 per mensem ought to be enhanced in view of the long passage of time and that the terms of the Will do not come in the way of such enhancement. However, the trial court did not accept the appellant's claim. The following is the decree passed by it: