IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.C.HARI RANI TUESDAY, THE 3RD NOVEMBER 2009 / 12TH KARTHIKA 1931 Mat.Appeal.No. 217 of 2005() ---------------------------- OP.288/2003 of FAMILY COURT, MANJERI .................... APPELLANT/RESPONDENT: --------------------------- SASIDHARAN T.P., MANGALA BHAVAN, EANGAMPUZHA POST, KOZHIKODE TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.K.A.SALIL NARAYANAN RESPONDENT(S)/PETITIONERS: ---------------------------------- 1. A.K. VIJAYAKUMARI, ASARIKANDI HOUSE, CHERUVAYOOR POST, VAZHAKAD, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 2. AYANA, MINOR, REPRESENTED BY GUARDIAN 1ST RESPONDENT. BY ADV.SHRI K.RAMAKUMAR THIS MATRIMONIAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 03/11/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: R.BASANT & M.C.HARI RANI, JJ. -------------------------------------------------- Mat.Appeal No. 217 OF 2005 ----------------------------------------------------- DATED THIS THE 3rd DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2009 J U D G M E N T Basant, J. We have heard the learned counsel for the appellant for admission. The wife and minor child are the claimants. Marriage is admitted. Paternity is not disputed. Separate residence is admitted. The court below directed payment of past maintenance at the rate of Rs.400/- and Rs.350/- respectively for the wife and the child. 2. The appellant claims to be aggrieved by the impugned order. What is the grievance? The learned counsel for the appellant only submits that the quantum of maintenance awarded is excessive. 3. We are unable to agree. The appellant, admittedly is a carpenter. Even reckoning him as merely an able bodied person, the quantum of maintenance awarded does appear to us to be absolutely fair, just and reasonable. In any view of the matter, we are satisfied that the quantum fixed by the court below does not warrant interference invoking the appellate jurisdiction Mat.Appeal No.217/05 -2- available to us under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act. This appeal, is in these circumstances dismissed. R.BASANT, JUDGE. M.C.HARI RANI, JUDGE. dsn