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TMI Blog1951 (10) TMI 30X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t by the Courts below. They instituted the said suit in the Court of the District Munsif of Tirupattur for recovering a sum of ₹ 850 for the expenses incurred in connection with the second plaintiff's marriage, and ₹ 116-3-0 interest that accrued thereon upto the date of the plaint. 2. The first plaintiff is the mother of the second plaintiff and the wife of the defendant. The mar ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t for the recovery of the amount mentioned above. 3. Th suit was opposed on various grounds relating to the customs of the community according to which the marriage expenses are not incurred by the bride's party. It is to be noted that there is no plea raised in the written statement that there is no legal obligation on the part of the father to bear the expenses one daughter's marriage. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Mudaliar', 8 Mad L J 105 Ramesam J. who was one of the members of the Full Bench, observed that in those cases it did not appear that the father was a member of the joint family or had ancestral property. In 'Ranganayakiammal v. Ramanuja Aiyangar', 35 Mad 728 the claim of a daughter-in-law to recover the marriage expenses of her daughter from her father-in-law, who was in possession o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n to doubt that the property in the possession of the defendant was ancestral property, and from this flows his legal obligation to meet the marriage expenses of his daughter. 8. Though the attention of the lower appellate Court was drawn to the ruling in 'Subbayya v. Anantaramayya', 53 Mad 84 (FB) it contented itself by observing that the facts of the present case were entirely different ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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